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It's only misleading if you thing "blockchain" is not generic but means "The Bitcoin Blockchain". Is this a common understanding?
by jabgrabdthrow 11y ago
It's only misleading if you thing "blockchain" is not generic but means "The Bitcoin Blockchain". Is this a common understanding?
- eximius 11y agoWithout clarification or context (i.e., "a new blockchain"), then it is usually Bitcoin.
- brighton36 11y agoHow is this any better than a database?
- anilgulecha 11y agoDecentralized store and decentralized trust. The latter is hard with a publically accessible & editable mysql.
- brighton36 11y agoExcept that this isn't decentralized - its a controlled blockchain that's only available for public download (which http does just fine) As does archive.org
- anilgulecha 11y agoI think you incorrectly understand how the blockchain can be updated.
- sanswork 11y agoIt's not. This use case is pretty stupid since regulations make it impossible to allow true anonymous p2p trading.
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- umanwizard 11y ago"blockchain" or "a blockchain" to me is generic. "the blockchain" to me refers to the most famous one (Bitcoin)