Bullshit.  Nothing about the term blockchain implies there must be mining.  This whole &quot;it&#x27;s not a blockchain without mining&quot; thing came straight from &#x2F;r&#x2F;bitcoin where a bunch of people seem to think that saying something isn&#x27;t a blockchain matters so they keep trying to change the definition of it so bitcoin is the only true blockchain.<p>&gt;These proposed system achieve consensus by merely voting for truth, which is technology we&#x27;ve had since the 80s<p>So what?  What does that really change at all?  Nothing.