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Re:The World’s Oldest Blockchain Has Been Hiding in the New ... by bittcto on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @08:18AM (#17867624)
Because the term was coined by Nakamoto to describe the technology behind bitcoin. Decentralization, proof of work and other characteristics of bitcoin are intrinsic to making the system work. Otherwise you have an inefficient database that has no reason to exist.
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Re:The World’s Oldest Blockchain Has Been Hiding in the New ... by mhluongo on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @10:04AM (#17868278)
> Because the term was coined by Nakamoto to describe the technology behind bitcoin.

It wasn't- there's one mention of a "chain of blocks" in the white paper. The term "blockchain" appears to have been coined by Hal Finney.

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Re:The World’s Oldest Blockchain Has Been Hiding in the New ... by pvg on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @10:03AM (#17868272)
You don't really need the 'otherwise'.
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