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chaxor on Nov 21, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: AWS and Blockchain

A git repo is a blockchain...

Git is why people like blockchains so much - the value is clear, since it's what we interact with all day.

ZiiS on Nov 21, 2022 [–]

Git is a Merkle tree but to be a full blockchain it would need a consensus algorithm. Clones can add diffrent commits; nothing ensures they agree.

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