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by mooneater 3821 days ago
so, basically git
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...but with a network protocol, peer discovery/exchange, record gossip, and defined strict data format for the contents of commits; but basically yes.

Blockchains aren't any fundamentally new underlying technology, they're just existing technology bolted together in a new way that enables new applications. DHT and BitTorrent are similar in that regard.