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[–] 7 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Cryptographically immutable append only ledgers (aka merkel trees) have existed since at least 1979. A blockchain is different because it has distributed consensus. If your consensus algorithm is trust, then it's not a fucking blockchain.

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  • [–] 0 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    A blockchain is nothing more than a data structure. It's essentially a linked list using the hash of the previous block. Distributed consensus is something blockchains are useful for, but it doesn't define it

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