Let’s say that Satoshi invented the term “timechain” on the Bitcoin discussion forums, discussing & explaining his #Bitcoin idea before the publication of the whitepaper. This was part of Bitcoin’s pre-release source code! And yes, this’s what we can call by language tolerance: ‘Blockchain’.. We’re just at the edge of the use of the term & it could take various names under various jurisdictions..

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