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If the community dies, who stores the blockchain?
by JetSpiegel 9y ago
If the community dies, who stores the blockchain?
- einarvollset 9y agoCome on now... this is literally the main value prop of a block chain.
- firstplacelast 9y agoIt’s something I’ve wondered too. If no one uses for a long time, why would anyone be incentivized to store that block chain? Could anyone explain?
- JetSpiegel 9y agoWhat, that it magically creates network-accessible storage? What is a peer-to-peer system without peers?
- chrisseaton 9y agoI think they mean that anyone with value invested in Ethereum blockchain (anyone holding ether) is incentivised to stay a peer. They don't need to care about the game, just about ether in general. Nobody thinks it magically does anything. There's an incentive built into the system for people who have nothing to do with the game to keep the blockchain and so the game data alive.
- AlphaWeaver 9y agoI was under the impression that you were talking about cryptokitties community. Nothing can save it if the entire Ethereum community walks away.
- ric2b 9y agoAny single person that cares about it can keep it going. If literally no one cares that means there's no problem in it disappearing.