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Re:GRV – Git Repository Viewer by harlanji on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @07:11PM (#16278743)
Git is the precursor to "block chain" in utility. I was unaware of this cottage industry before now :)
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Re:GRV – Git Repository Viewer by kakarot on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @09:00PM (#16279207)
Please explain the relationship between Git and Blockchain technology.
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Re:GRV – Git Repository Viewer by lojack on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @09:40PM (#16279320)
Not the person that posted this, but they both use merkle trees as their underlying data structure. In both cases you can’t rewrite the past without rewriting every successive change.
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Re:GRV – Git Repository Viewer by __blockcipher__ on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @10:45PM (#16279504)
Merkle trees!
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