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It’s not a blockchain. It’s meant to be a ledger database so it works in a similar way to a Blockchain, same internal data structure, but without the distribute
by jaboutboul 4y ago
It’s not a blockchain. It’s meant to be a ledger database so it works in a similar way to a Blockchain, same internal data structure, but without the distributed consensus concept.
- dspillett 4y agoSo it is a blockchain, just not a distributed blockchain. The idea of a blockchain for tamper detection, with external validation by regularly sending off a current state hash for signing, existed long before crypto currencies arrived with the distributed verification process.
- SemanticStrengh 4y agoIt could be a blockchain, we don't know for sure
- dspillett 4y agoIt is by the original definition. Though not by some of the recent redefinitions but as they are often due to marketing getting good of the dictionary...