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Re:The collapse of cryptokitties, the first big blockchain game by zeven7 on Friday September 16, 2022 @01:21PM (#32869223)
> A property that any web service is capable of providing without the blockchain having to be involved.

No, then you run into the Byzantine generals problem, which is the specific problem solved by blockchains.

So maybe the problem is you still don't understand what a blockchain is.

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Re:The collapse of cryptokitties, the first big blockchain game by landryraccoon on Saturday September 17, 2022 @02:04AM (#32875159)
You don’t have the Byzantine generals problem with a centralized database.

Whatever the database says is authoritative.

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