4 ms·
> 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
by 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.