The Blockchain is an incorruptible digital ledger of economic transactions that can be programmed to record not just financial transactions but virtually everything of value.
Information held on a Blockchain exists as a shared and continually reconciled database. This way of using the network has obvious benefits. The Blockchain database is not stored in any single location, meaning the records it keeps are truly public and easily verifiable. No centralized version of this informa-tion exists for a hacker to corrupt.
There is also one post by the ANN creator from their thread I found plagiarized here:
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bluehillfoundation.supArchived:
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To put it simply, a security is an economic instrument representing an actual asset. Stocks, bonds and managed property trusts are examples of securities. Traditionally, when a security is purchased, the operation is done the old fashion way, on paper. A security token performs equally in functionality; the difference is that it confirms ownership through Blockchain transactions, meaning that the records of the owners are encrypted and the information is spread though thousands of computers across the globe that can be traced and the information is stored in blocks that stay for good. Security tokens offer a number of financial rights to investors such as equity, profit dividends, income shares, vote casting and access to many other investment mechanisms.
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https://medium.com/datadriveninvestor/what-is-a-security-token-offering-sto-1758e14a3b52ICO + Legal Compliance = STO
To put it simply, a security is an economic instrument representing an actual asset. Stocks, bonds and managed property trusts are examples of securities. Traditionally, when a security is purchased, the operation is done the old fashion way, on paper. A security token performs equally in functionality; the difference is that it confirms ownership through blockchain transactions. Security tokens offer a number of financial rights to investors such as equity, profit dividends, income shares, vote casting, and access to many others investment mechanisms.