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Its a Merkle Tree. They were invented 3 years before blockchains: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkle_tree https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkle_tree
by craftkiller 3y ago
Its a Merkle Tree. They were invented 3 years before blockchains: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkle_tree https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkle_tree
- dboreham 3y agoBlockchains were invented in 1982?
- Lichtso 3y agoIn short, yes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain#History People conflate blockchains, distributed networks and cryptocurrencies.
- Lichtso 3y agoIt also uses a Merkle tree to compress the snapshot versions associated with commits. But the actual commit structure builds on top of that. A pure Merkle tree or forest would only give you a set of overlapping snapshots, without any directionality. So, I think it is fair to call it a blockchain as well.