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Re:Final Steps by dragonwriter on Monday July 27, 2015 @07:59PM (#9958777)
> But it's one of several such experiments with using the blockchain

Well, using a blockchain. Its not using "the blockchain" in the usual sense; Ethereum is specifically using an alternative to the Bitcoin protocol and blockchain, not built on top of it.

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Re:Final Steps by ForHackernews on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @10:54AM (#9969013)
Bitcoin isn't "the blockchain" any more than Internet Explorer is "the browser". When people talk about "X in the browser" it's understood that they mean any generic implementation of a web browser.
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