Blockchain technology could lead to savings of $100 billion in the health care industry by 2025. It could also expand available treatment options, make diagnoses faster and more accurate and give previously marginalized communities access to critical medical data. With access to more data, health care providers can better evaluate their patients, treat them more effectively and track their progress.
到2025年，区块链技术将为医疗保健行业节省1000亿美元。它还可以扩大现有的治疗选择，使诊断更快、更准确，并使以前处于边缘的社区能够获得关键的医疗数据。获得更多的数据之后，卫生保健提供者可以更好地评估病人，更有效地治疗，并跟踪他们的进展。
——《新闻周刊》
基本释义
blockchain: A digital database containing information (such as records of financial transactions) that can be simultaneously used and shared within a large decentralized, publicly accessible network.
n. 区块链
追根溯源
blockchain是一个合成词，由单词block和chain组合而成，最初用chain of blocks来表示这种新技术，直到2011年才用blockchain来表示“区块链”，算是一个很新的单词。两个核心词分别是：
block /blɒk/ n.区域；区块
作为区块链技术的首个应用，讲到区块链一定绕不开比特币，再来积累几个相关的词汇：cryptocurrency /ˈkrɪptoʊkɜːrənsi/ n.虚拟货币在电影《生活大爆炸》S11E9里面，Sheldon和大家就聊到了比特币的话题：-Speaking of something I find interesting, did anyone read that article about Bitcoin I sent you?
-Yeah, I can't believe a single Bitcoin is worth about $5,000 now.
-说到我觉得有趣的事，你们读了我发的比特币的文章了吗？
