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[-] tyler@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

Blockchain is three things, not just a merkle tree.

  1. Distributed
  2. Cryptographically signed
  3. Distrust of all others on the chain.

Git isn’t a blockchain. Blockchain requires mistrust, else it’s just previous technology that existed decades before.

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