===== Public Network =====
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A **Public Network** is completely open and anyone is free to join and participate in the core activities of the [[dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:b:blockchain_network|blockchain network]]. Anyone can join or leave, read, write and audit the ongoing activities on the public blockchain network, which helps a public blockchain maintain its self-governed nature. ((
"Public, Private, Permissioned Blockchains Compared", Shobhit Seth, Investopedia, 10 April 2018, 
[[https://www.investopedia.com/news/public-private-permissioned-blockchains-compared/ ]]
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