Hello,

I have been researching about blockchains and stuff and it all seems like a big scam. It’s not sustainable and can be replaced by a simple database.

is there any legitimate use cases of blockchains or it is all just a big scam?

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    9 days ago

    That’s one definition of blockchain. Since the solution to the Byzantine Generals’ problem in Bitcoin is done by Proof of Work it can’t be said to be a part of the blockchain definition since there are many (most?) blockchains that don’t use PoW. Some companies peddling “blockchain solutions” even use central authorities.

    So, with “blockchain” just being a chain of cryptographically verified blocks then git indeed fulfills that definition.