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[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] simplymath@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

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.