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Rustmilian@lemmy.world 6 months agoThat’s an incredibly wrong oversimplification.
Git doesn’t have any consensus mechanisms, chaincode execution or ledger, is just a history tracker & manipulator. Neither Git or Hyperledger fabric are centralized, they’re both distributed.
Just because it’s used for specialized tasks and distributed only within a select few instead of being a big inefficient permissionless PoW/PoS craptocurrency blockchain doesn’t make it any less of a blockchain with smartcontacts and works.
magic_lobster_party@kbin.run 6 months ago
Git doesn’t need consensus mechanisms because it’s “permissioned”, like Hyperledger. All actors are known and given permission by some entity to contribute.
You can’t contribute to the Linux kernel unless your changes have been approved by someone trusted with permission. You cannot contribute to whatever Walmart is doing, because you haven’t acquired permission to do so.
Rustmilian@lemmy.world 6 months ago
and?
magic_lobster_party@kbin.run 6 months ago
In what way can blockchain ensure food safety? Just because participants use proof of work or whatever doesn’t mean the input data is more truthful. The oracle problem is a thing.
Rustmilian@lemmy.world 6 months ago
By providing transparency, auditability, and traceability throughout the food supply chain.
Or in other words it prevents fraud. If the input data is falsified and people to get sick, it’s just a matter of plugging in the QR code for the contaminated product.