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Part of the problem is that nobody has a definition for what "blockchain" even means. We all know what Bitcoin means because it has a whitepaper and an implemen
by rlpb 5y ago
Part of the problem is that nobody has a definition for what "blockchain" even means. We all know what Bitcoin means because it has a whitepaper and an implementation. The same goes for all other operational systems that use the same ideas.
"Blockchain", on the other hand, just means whatever anybody who wants to ride on hype wants it to mean. For example, some simply take it to mean a series of blocks where each block references its parent block by its hash. To others, that definition makes no sense because that concept existed long before Bitcoin (eg. git).
- arcticbull 5y agoNobody has found a use case for a decentralized, trustless, permissionless ledger which is free from the horror of attack by byzantine generals. Git is only one of those three, well two if you count the byzantines.
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- amelius 5y agoIn case of git it is more like a blocktree, I suppose.
- fredgrott 5y agoincorrect, the original sum zero inventor had a use case and in fact he went broke to attempt to prove it Most of you were too young or not born yet Google cipher punks and you may get a glimse