• Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Ive not suddenly started talking about consensus protocols. Yes, selecting the next (not necessarily longest) block is part of that consensus, but so is checking that the data contained in a block is cryptographicly sound and is following the rules of that specific blockchain. That second part is not native to GIT.

    If you like, you can think of blockchain as a subset of GIT that includes additional constraints.