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by jcliff 1713 days ago
without a way to resolve the canonical version without trusting a singular maintainer, git is not a blockchain. blockchains enforce consensus in a decentralized way, at least public blockchains do or should.
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Well no, blockchain plus consensus algorithm does what you’re describing.
it's not a blockchain without a consensus algorithm. it's a linked list of hashes.
While I get what you're referring too, you're drawing from a community wisdom definition vs. any clear technical spec deeming it such, which is what I'm highlighting here. Even the whitepaper calls it "a timestamp network."