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Re:Blockchain’s Hype Is Dying According to Corporate America... by ceejayoz on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @01:31PM (#18452382)
If Git is a blockchain, explain `git push --force`.
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Re:Blockchain’s Hype Is Dying According to Corporate America... by craftyguy on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @01:42PM (#18452527)
A way to break the chain and create a new one. I was making a joke and using a very loose definition of 'blockchain'[0], so shoot me.

0. "a data structure that carries some quantum of payload and a reference to the previous block"

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Re:Blockchain’s Hype Is Dying According to Corporate America... by gibsons77 on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @02:15PM (#18452903)
I guess DAG with a merkle tree data structure would be more appropriate. Blockchain should be reserved for DAG's that use Nakamoto Consensus (or similar) to determine the longest chain.
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