I’m wondering if post edits are possible in a roundabout wa…

I’m wondering if post edits are possible in a roundabout way, since on-chain posts are immutable. @arghzero @metamitya
In non-code talk, would something like this work in a UI sense…
1) ‘edit’ original post by replacing original post as displayed thread/post root.
2) show a history button on edited post linking to previous edits/OP.