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Re:Wall Street rethinks blockchain projects as euphoria meet... by dozzie on Thursday March 29, 2018 @04:07PM (#16710589)
> PoW is just one of available consensus algorithms.

No, because blockchain is not a consensus protocol.

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Re:Wall Street rethinks blockchain projects as euphoria meet... by sadgit on Thursday March 29, 2018 @07:33PM (#16712221)
Blockchain does imply a consensus protocol, though. Thats what the block is for.
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Re:Wall Street rethinks blockchain projects as euphoria meet... by dozzie on Friday March 30, 2018 @09:07AM (#16715734)
No, very much not. There is no such thing as consensus in blockchain. Can you (you in particular) even define the term "consensus"? Can you explain how does your definition relate to what is commonly used in computer science and how it works with the impossibility proofs?
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