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That's just the centralization or decentralization question. We can do it all centralized already but we would also all need to trust whoever is hosting this d
by nrhk 9y ago
That's just the centralization or decentralization question.
We can do it all centralized already but we would also all need to trust whoever is hosting this data and trust every single person who has the ability to enter the data.
Less nodes you need to trust the better, in a centralized solution where everyone can contribute you need to be able to trust everyone.
In a decentralized system where everyone can contribute, you don't need to trust anyone but give up benefits of centralization such as speed, performance and usability.
- arcticfox 9y ago> We can do it all centralized already but we would also all need to trust whoever is hosting this data and trust every single person who has the ability to enter the data. There are plenty of ways to minimize trust required with traditional cryptography though, this is not all or nothing, we have been doing this since PGP. You can get the overwhelming majority of the benefits with none of the drawbacks.