---
title: "A revisionist history of blockchain"
author: "Chris Berg"
date: "2022-08-10"
url: "https://chrisberg.org/media/a-revisionist-history-of-blockchain/"
show: "Mint & Burn"
audio: "https://anchor.fm/s/9fc617f0/podcast/play/55988607/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2022-7-10%2F280242779-44100-2-9ad0f24eb0f19.m4a"
source: "https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mintburn/episodes/Mint--Burn-Episode-40-A-Revisionist-History-of-Blockchain-w--Associate-Prof--Chris-Berg-from-RMIT-University-Blockchain-Innovation-Hub-e1mb4tv"
topics: "Cryptocurrency and digital money"
---

# A revisionist history of blockchain

Byzantine fault tolerance, market theory in computer science, and the Tornado Cash sanctions.