> 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

> 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.