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That's exactly what a blockchain is. Blockchain being the "secret sauce" has always been a misconception; as noted git is exactly a blockchain. What we call ref

That's exactly what a blockchain is. Blockchain being the "secret sauce" has always been a misconception; as noted git is exactly a blockchain. What we call refs in git are blocks in Bitcoin. Nakamoto consensus was the innovation, the major energy consumer, and not necessary for cryptographic data integrity like a CBDC or git repo needs.

bratwurst3000 5y ago
Interesting side fact. Proof of work was used before in 2004 to prevent spam but it failed. Nakamoto put that concept in a merkle tree. https://m-cacm.acm.org/magazines/2019/8/238347-the-history-of-digital-spam/fulltext#R26 https://m-cacm.acm.org/magazines/2019/8/238347-the-history-o...