# Introduction

Information is essential to business. It is best if it is received quickly and is correct. Blockchain is the best technology for delivering such information because it offers real-time, shareable, and entirely transparent data that is kept on an immutable ledger and accessible only to members of a permission network. Orders, payments, accounts, production, and many other things may all be tracked via a blockchain network. Figure "1" provides an explanation, which shows how members share a single version of the truth and can thus see all transactional data end to end, offering you more trust as well as additional efficiencies and opportunities.

![Figure "1"](https://74485963-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F6vXO7hzUq2TpSdHdu8jw%2Fuploads%2FQhNgYnHYTF05cEEOWNsv%2FScreenshot%20\(58\).png?alt=media\&token=ada33632-16f0-42b5-ad17-4c44e1455c08)