@@ -66,13 +66,12 @@ In Hyperledger Fabric, a ledger consists of two distinct, though related, parts
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-- a world state and a blockchain. Each of these represents a set of facts about
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a set of business objects.
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- Firstly, there's a ** world state** -- a database that holds a cache of the
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- ** current values** of a set of ledger states. The world state makes it easy for
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- a program to directly access the current value of a state rather than having to
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- calculate it by traversing the entire transaction log. Ledger states are, by
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- default, expressed as ** key-value** pairs, and we'll see later how Hyperledger
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- Fabric provides flexibility in this regard. The world state can change
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- frequently, as states can be created, updated and deleted.
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+ Firstly, there's a ** world state** -- a database that holds ** current values**
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+ of a set of ledger states. The world state makes it easy for a program to directly
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+ access the current value of a state rather than having to calculate it by traversing
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+ the entire transaction log. Ledger states are, by default, expressed as ** key-value** pairs,
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+ and we'll see later how Hyperledger Fabric provides flexibility in this regard.
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+ The world state can change frequently, as states can be created, updated and deleted.
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Secondly, there's a ** blockchain** -- a transaction log that records all the
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changes that have resulted in the current the world state. Transactions are
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