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‘The’ Blockchain Vs. ‘A’ Blockchain

Tue Oct 04, 2016 3:02 pm

https://news.bitcoin.com/blockchain-set ... -straight/ BTC
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“Yes, [Bitcoin] is a blockchain, but it is a very special blockchain,” Andreas Antonopoulos explained in one of his talks.

It is a blockchain that uses as its fundamental consensus mechanism proof-of-work; and proof-of-work gives it certain characteristics that are unattainable so far as we know without consensus mechanisms.

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Re: ‘The’ Blockchain Vs. ‘A’ Blockchain

Tue Oct 04, 2016 3:49 pm

anytime someone says 'the blockchain' i only think of bitcoin tbh

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