They don't understand the actual technical details -- what the word "block chain" means, which then allows them to grammatically abuse the word and even conjoin

They don't understand the actual technical details -- what the word "block chain" means, which then allows them to grammatically abuse the word and even conjoin it (they're journalists). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain