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IPFS is very close to BitTorrent entirely using magnet: links, which does indeed have something close to a consensus mechanism (everything is checksummed to the
by davidgerard 10y ago
IPFS is very close to BitTorrent entirely using magnet: links, which does indeed have something close to a consensus mechanism (everything is checksummed to the hilt).
> It's not about "whether something is a blockchain"
It arguably is when you call your post "Blockchains for Artificial Intelligence".
- trentmc 10y ago> have something close to a consensus mechanism For this context it's really about whether or not it can prevent double spends. Currently, it can't. Though its protocol stack has a place for consensus algorithms to achieve CAP-style strong consistency; and the IPFS team is working on consistency algorithms. > It arguably is when ... Point taken. The post is about things that many people consider to be blockchains or at least blockchain-like; BigchainDB, Ethereum, and others are in that category.