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> The first blockchain was conceptualized by a person (or group of people) known as Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008.
So "degenerate Merkle tree" is not enough, it also needs consensus mechanism, byzantine failure tolerance and so on.
Insisting on meaning of "blockchain" which is different than commonly accepted will just make all arguments more confusing.
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> The first blockchain was conceptualized by a person (or group of people) known as Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008.
So "degenerate Merkle tree" is not enough, it also needs consensus mechanism, byzantine failure tolerance and so on.
Insisting on meaning of "blockchain" which is different than commonly accepted will just make all arguments more confusing.