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by runeks 3241 days ago
> Well, for a bank it can be super duper useful because it's "incorruptible digital ledger of economic transactions" (the very definition of a blockchain).

If that’s the definition of a blockchain then it must include proof-of-work. Data doesn’t become incorruptible because you put it inside a block that points to the hash of a previous block.