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date    = "2023-07-28T10:59:03+00:00"
lastmod = "2023-07-28T10:59:03+00:00"
tags    = [ "coins" ]
author  = "tdro"
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It's hard to "peek into" other knowledge domains successfully. The reason;
marketing fuzz.

{{< abbr "TL;DR" "Too Long, Didn't Read" >}}: Blockchain data--structure is
designed only for [Bitcoin's](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin) rules.
Large deviations from Bitcoin go nowhere.
[Ethereum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethereum) appears to be the only
protocol with minor deviations from Bitcoin.

{{< disclose >}}
For example;
{{</ disclose >}}

Cryptocurrencies are
[blockchain protocols](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_blockchains) ---
laws (protocols) on permanent appendable excel sheets (blockchains). Bitcoin is
not the only protocol. Various cryptocurrencies have differing rules but..

{{< disclose >}}
Are cryptocurrencies limited/driven by blockchain data--structure?
{{</ disclose >}}

Blockchain's
[implicit permanency](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain#Structure_and_design)
favours Bitcoin's rules and use cases. Economically, that'd suggest
noncompatible
use--cases/cryptocurrencies/[forks](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_(software_development)>)
become irrelevant.

{{< disclose >}}
I'm too dense/lazy to understand the shared roles of the data--structure and
protocol in the full implementation;
{{</ disclose >}}

Or more specifically, the difference between
[a merkle tree](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/Hash_Tree.svg/800px-Hash_Tree.svg.png)
and
[a blockchain](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Blockchain.svg/150px-Blockchain.svg.png).
So, no plausible technical predictions on coinage--but perhaps the government's
broken clock is right twice a day? Bahamians need permission to "officially
invest" in crypto--stock "currency".