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by Born_Again 2791 days ago
I would recommend reading the Wikipedia article for a blockchain [0]. It's agreed that a blockchain is decentralized and resistant to change from bad actors. If a system doesn't meet those requirements, it's just a fancy database. I don't see how Git or the New York Times example you mentioned are inherently decentralized.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain

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The New York Times example is by the inventors of blockchain.

https://www.anf.es/pdf/Haber_Stornetta.pdf