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minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·19 hours agoMerkel is the previous chancelor of Germany, Merkle is a computer scientist ;) Hash trees are a part of blockchains, but not the entire thing. This is kinda like saying acupuncture isn’t bullshit because needles are useful in real medicine as well.
minus-squaresimplymath@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·19 hours agohttps://hms.harvard.edu/news/exploring-science-acupuncture Acupuncture actual does have clinical significant effects though. I added an arxiv link and a stack overflow link that show that I’m not alone in this assertion of equivalence. I blame autocorrect for the Merkle typos.
Merkel is the previous chancelor of Germany, Merkle is a computer scientist ;)
Hash trees are a part of blockchains, but not the entire thing. This is kinda like saying acupuncture isn’t bullshit because needles are useful in real medicine as well.
https://hms.harvard.edu/news/exploring-science-acupuncture
Acupuncture actual does have clinical significant effects though.
I added an arxiv link and a stack overflow link that show that I’m not alone in this assertion of equivalence.
I blame autocorrect for the Merkle typos.