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> Technically your git repo is a blockchain. Those are pretty useful. Only if you have a wildly incorrect view of what a blockchain is. Merkle trees are part
by ashtonkem 5y ago
> Technically your git repo is a blockchain. Those are pretty useful.
Only if you have a wildly incorrect view of what a blockchain is.
Merkle trees are part of a blockchain, but they are not blockchains on their own. What you’re missing here is that blockchains also include something to determine which branch is the correct one, to protect against double spend attacks. This is why “blockchain” gets a different name rather than just being called Merkle trees.
- tbrownaw 5y ago> What you’re missing here is that blockchains also include something to determine which branch is the correct one, I'm pretty sure that if I posted a fork of Linux somewhere, approximately everyone would know that it's not the correct one.
- majewsky 5y agoThis is being downvoted, but it hits the point on the head. The differentiating feature of blockchains is removing the reliance on social capital from a technical system. While interesting from a theoretical PoV, it's mostly an answer begging for a question when you consider that social capital is still the driving force in each level of the stack except the technical level.