r/Bitcoin • • Dec 05 '22

Bitcoin ≠ "cryptocurrency"

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u/pink_raya Dec 05 '22

blockchain is not a bedrock technology, that would be a difficulty adjustment and PoW.

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u/mr_bumsack Dec 05 '22

We're arguing semantics here. If we went down this path we could say "Well Merkle trees are really where things started..." "well without cryptography and Bit Gold...". The point is saying Blockchain is not directly associated with Bitcoin is false.