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Quite a few systems use torrent style distribution.
Heck, even Windows uses a distributed bandwidth system where you can set it to download chunks of updates from local networked systems.
All technologies, like bittorrent, nonSQL databases, blockchain, AI and the like become used as an invisible part of systems once the idiotic hype about the technology wanes.
Except blockchain solves no useful problems so you will never find it behind anything that isn't explicitly using it for marketing.
But what if we used AI driven, cloud integrated blockchain to create a hybrid platform for your business needs?
Synergy that!
Synergy that!
https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/why-im-less-than-infinitely-hostile
tldr: there are some legitimate use cases. But not in the first world. And they are unrelated to what crypt-bros are trying to sell.
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Git is a distributed block chain, from a certain point of view.
Distributed but high trust.
Zero-trust blockchain tech has no value. There is no such thing as a zero trust system in real life.
Not in an meaningful sense connected to the technology at all
Um no.
To me blockchain just means merkle trees. I know that's not how everyone else defines it, I'm not trying to start a debate, but tools like git use that technology as well. (Not that Bitcoin invented them or anything.)
I didn't see any hype arount bittorrent.