I think you missed my point. When people talk about blockchains they're not talking about a DAG, even they're related. Playing a semantics game gets us nowhere

I think you missed my point. When people talk about blockchains they're not talking about a DAG, even they're related. Playing a semantics game gets us nowhere. I could try to be more specific and say distributed blockchain every time. But then you'll say oh but git does merging and network, so it's distributed. I'll use a new phrase, and you'll point out that RAM is usually not the same chip as the CPU, so it's distributed, etc… etc… I'm certainly not saying anything is magic. If anyone says cryptocurrencies are magic or Holy, then it's their proponents. I'm saying "but why…?" to the explanation, not "what sorcery is this?!". You might as well say that "algorithms" are used in crimecurrencies, so "you're using the same technology to visit this web site". In short: By no meaningful definition has blockchains come up with a use case.