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Re:Blockchain in a Nutshell by throw0101a on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @08:21AM (#31259444)
I try to also raise awareness of NIST's Blockchain Technology Overview, which is a good explainer:

* https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/nistir/8202/final

See especially Figure 6 ("p. 42", 53 of the PDF), which is a flow chart to help you decide on whether blockchain may match one's use case. Extracted:

* https://imgur.com/a/RlUj9Ed

Generally you need the conditions of needing both (a) append-only log and (b) distributed/decentralized before considering blockchain 'technology'.

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