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dobin on June 15, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: The blockchain paradox: Why DLTs may do little to ...

Decentralized trustless databases can also be implemented with Merkle Trees (as it is done with certificate transparency). I dont understand why people choose blockchains instead.

drh on June 15, 2017 [–]

Blockchains are currently implemented with a Merkle tree at each block, and Merkle proofs are used to store the transactions in that block.

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