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Re:IBM has cut its blockchain team down to almost nothing – ... by RicoElectrico on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @09:18AM (#26013753)
Indeed - a blockchain only makes sense in decentralized trustless proof-of-X systems.

Everything else could be a Git repository or variation thereof (commit chain vs blockchain).

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Re:IBM has cut its blockchain team down to almost nothing – ... by Qub3d on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @04:31PM (#26019412)
Specifically, a Merkle tree[0], which is the hash tree root of both Git and most blockchains.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkle_tree

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