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But it isn’t a clock because it doesn’t tell us how much time has passed. PoW allows for the creation of an ordering. I’m not sure these metaphors are helpful.
by ptest1 8y ago
But it isn’t a clock because it doesn’t tell us how much time has passed. PoW allows for the creation of an ordering. I’m not sure these metaphors are helpful.
- Terr_ 8y ago> But it isn’t a clock because it doesn’t tell us how much time has passed. Not necessarily: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_clock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_clock
- ghayes 8y agoI believe the reference is to a vector clock [0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_clock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector_clock
- ptest1 8y agoThat makes a lot more sense, thanks.
- tylersmith 8y agoIt tells you the time in number of blocks. Block height is the unix timestamp of blockchain-based timestamp servers.