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> Cryptocurrencies and blockchains are significant technological innovations. Hardly. The Blockchain uses the same kind of underpinnings as git. In fact, for
by spookthesunset 9y ago
> Cryptocurrencies and blockchains are significant technological innovations.
Hardly. The Blockchain uses the same kind of underpinnings as git. In fact, for many applications git might even be a better data store than The Blockchain--it doesn't require a bajillion miners consuming several hydroelectric dams worth of power to stay online.