19.400.020 Definitions.

WA Rev Code § 19.400.020 (2019) (N/A)
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RCW 19.400.020 Definitions.

The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

(1) "Blockchain" means a cryptographically secured, chronological, and decentralized consensus ledger or consensus database maintained via internet, peer-to-peer network, or other similar interaction.

(2) "Distributed ledger technology" means any distributed ledger protocol and supporting infrastructure, including blockchain, that uses a distributed, decentralized, shared, and replicated ledger.

(3) "Electronic record" means a record generated, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means for use in an information system or for transmission from one information system to another.

[ 2019 c 153 § 2.]