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I'd say it's more of a tree than a chain, but yes. https://www.certificate-transparency.org/log-proofs-work https://www.certificate-transparency.org/log-proofs-

I'd say it's more of a tree than a chain, but yes. https://www.certificate-transparency.org/log-proofs-work https://www.certificate-transparency.org/log-proofs-work

village-idiot 7y ago
Its creators also make it very clear that it is not a blockchain. It’s centralized and lacks the consensus mechanism that’s a hallmark of blockchains (PoW or PoS).
- icebraining 7y ago
  Unfortunately people have started taking the pre-existing components of the Blockchain, like Merkle Trees, and calling them "blockchain" too. See "permissioned blockchain".
  - village-idiot 7y ago
    If I had $1 for every time I’ve heard “did you know git is a blockchain”...
    - floatboth 7y ago
      https://twitter.com/whitequark/status/946887056424341504 https://twitter.com/whitequark/status/946887056424341504
icebraining 7y ago
Blockchain is also a tree, it's just that every branch except one is (usually) abandoned rapidly. That said, that's just because both use Merkle trees. CT isn't a blockchain.