>There is literally no point to a “centralised blockchain”. Sure there is! E.g., in the SSL Certificate Transparency system, each CA maintains a certificate l

>There is literally no point to a “centralised blockchain”. Sure there is! E.g., in the SSL Certificate Transparency system, each CA maintains a certificate log that is essentially a blockchain. And even in the context of cryptocurrency, a centralized blockchain at least prevents the central authority from secretly issuing currency and lying about how much has been issued.