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Re:Cooperation among an anonymous group protected Bitcoin du... by kortilla on Saturday June 11, 2022 @03:17AM (#31702630)
> The defining property of the blockchain is the decentralization of authority

No it’s not. A blockchain can be used in a way that only specific central authorities can add to it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain#Private_blockchains

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Re:Cooperation among an anonymous group protected Bitcoin du... by astrange on Saturday June 11, 2022 @03:22AM (#31702648)
I was kind of expecting you to link to an article about Git repository permissions.
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Re:Cooperation among an anonymous group protected Bitcoin du... by eldenwrong on Saturday June 11, 2022 @09:48AM (#31704386)
You can use a rock as a spoon but that just makes you retarded.
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Re:Cooperation among an anonymous group protected Bitcoin du... by kortilla on Saturday June 11, 2022 @04:26PM (#31708016)
Are you familiar with git repositories?
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