简单的解释一下什么是区块链？

区块链是一个分布在全球各地、能够协同运转的数据库存储系统。

The block chain is a globally distributed database storage system capable of working together.

区别于传统数据库运作——读写权限掌握在一个公司或者一个集权手上（中心化的特征），区块链认为，任何有能力架设服务器的人都可以参与其中。

Distinguishing from traditional database operations - the right to read and write is held in the hands of a company or a centralized (centralized feature) and the block chain believes that anyone who has the capacity to set up a server can participate.

来自全球各地的掘金者在当地部署了自己的服务器，并连接到区块链网络中，成为这个分布式数据库存储系统中的一个节点；一旦加入，该节点享有同其他所有节点完全一样的权利与义务（去中心化、分布式的特征）。与此同时，对于在区块链上开展服务的人，可以往这个系统中的任意的节点进行读写操作，最后全世界所有节点会根据某种机制的完成一次又依次的同步，从而实现在区块链网络中所有节点的数据完全一致。

Gold diggers from around the globe deploy their own servers locally and connect to the block chain network as a node in the distributed database storage system; once added, the node enjoys exactly the same rights and obligations as all other nodes (decentralized, distributed features). At the same time, for those who serve on the block chain, any node in the system in the past can read and write, and eventually all nodes around the world are synchronized once and again according to a mechanism, thus achieving complete consistency of data across all nodes in the block chain network.

区块链是比特币的底层技术，像一个数据库账本，记载所有的交易记录。这项技术也因其安全、便捷的特性逐渐得到了银行与金融业的关注。

The block chain is the bottom technology of Bitcoin, like a database book that records all transactions.

2018年3月31日，《区块链技术原理与开发实战》正式引入高校讲堂，首次课程在西安电子科技大学南校区开讲。

On 31 March 2018, the Technical Principles and Development of the Block Chain was officially introduced into the Higher School Hall, with the first course taking place in the South campus of the University of Electronics and Technology of Xian.

2018年4月，一群来自牛津大学的学者宣布创办世界上第一所区块链大学——伍尔夫大学。5月29日，百度百科上线区块链新功能，以保证词条编辑公正透明。

In April 2018, a group of scholars from Oxford University announced the creation of the first block chain university in the world, Woolf University. On May 29, the 100-degree upper-line block chain functions were new to ensure fair and transparent editorials.