Reply to “Security Protection Mechanisms Must Be Embedded in Blockchain Applications”

Abstract

A letter to this Journal suggested that a recent blockchain article should have included more information about security. The article was intended to alert chemistry educators to potential uses of blockchain, not to describe the coding necessary to create the system. In addition, the article did discuss security in a general way and recommended that educators would find that the permissioned form of blockchain would be more useful because requiring approval before adding a new node would help to block out malevolent actors.