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Discussion on: Blockchain 101 (and the protocols that use it)

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Matt Hamilton

In some ways git is one of the original blockchains. Think about how commits are stored and referenced.

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𒎏Wii 🏳️‍⚧️

Exactly this. Git stores commits as hashed blocks, and each commit has a reference to the hash of its parent commit.