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Re:Can you name a non-cryptocurrency blockchain project in u... by countermeasure on Friday October 13, 2023 @08:27PM (#37877028)
Even though I use it every day, I'd never thought of a Git repo as a blockchain before.

But each commit chains to the one before it though, so I suppose it is.

Thanks for this new perspective!

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Re:Can you name a non-cryptocurrency blockchain project in u... by gjvc on Friday October 13, 2023 @09:59PM (#37877496)
always glad to be of service
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Re:Can you name a non-cryptocurrency blockchain project in u... by quickthrower2 on Saturday October 14, 2023 @06:23AM (#37879401)
the hashes do offer some sort of practical security. you can probably configure github to disallow force pushes which means it is now impossible to push something without the new commit being shown to the reviewer. (and peer to peer you can provably configure so you only accept fast forward on a branch)

This means it is harder for an attacker to sneak code into a PR.

It is a minor security piece but all layers of security add up!

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Re:Can you name a non-cryptocurrency blockchain project in u... by gjvc on Saturday October 14, 2023 @10:47AM (#37880871)
https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2
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