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Re:Oak, a Free and Open Certificate Transparency Log by Ajedi32 on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @10:06AM (#19919495)
I'd say it's more of a tree than a chain, but yes. https://www.certificate-transparency.org/log-proofs-work
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Re:Oak, a Free and Open Certificate Transparency Log by icebraining on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @10:33AM (#19919766)
Blockchain is also a tree, it's just that every branch except one is (usually) abandoned rapidly.

That said, that's just because both use Merkle trees. CT isn't a blockchain.

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Re:Oak, a Free and Open Certificate Transparency Log by village-idiot on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @10:32AM (#19919755)
Its creators also make it very clear that it is not a blockchain. It’s centralized and lacks the consensus mechanism that’s a hallmark of blockchains (PoW or PoS).
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Re:Oak, a Free and Open Certificate Transparency Log by icebraining on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @10:37AM (#19919800)
Unfortunately people have started taking the pre-existing components of the Blockchain, like Merkle Trees, and calling them "blockchain" too. See "permissioned blockchain".
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Re:Oak, a Free and Open Certificate Transparency Log by village-idiot on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @11:42AM (#19920504)
If I had $1 for every time I’ve heard “did you know git is a blockchain”...
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Re:Oak, a Free and Open Certificate Transparency Log by floatboth on Wednesday May 15, 2019 @05:01PM (#19923721)
https://twitter.com/whitequark/status/946887056424341504
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