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So, what, they're glorified Merkle trees?

• sneak 11y ago
  Yes, as it turns out, cryptographically timestamped ordering of cryptographically signed individual transactions is a useful thing for trading markets.
  • mooneater 11y ago
    so, basically git
    • sneak 11y ago
      ...but with a network protocol, peer discovery/exchange, record gossip, and defined strict data format for the contents of commits; but basically yes. Blockchains aren't any fundamentally new underlying technology, they're just existing technology bolted together in a new way that enables new applications. DHT and BitTorrent are similar in that regard.