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Where I can see blockchain being more 'actually' useful is in simple things, like verifying the integrity of the app (or anything really), ala checksum hashes.
by jaequery 9y ago
Where I can see blockchain being more 'actually' useful is in simple things, like verifying the integrity of the app (or anything really), ala checksum hashes.
It makes a lot of sense for us to store them on the blockchain rather than hosting it on a webpage.
- nileshtrivedi 9y agoYou need blockchain only when you want to prevent double spending of _something_. A linked list where only one node can have a valid pointer to the previous node. For checksum hashes, unless double spending is a problem, IPFS will suffoce.
- patrickaljord 9y agoYou don't need a blockchain to prevent double spending. You only need a blockchain if you want the double spending prevention to happen between trustless distributed peers.
- jhwang5 9y agoYou are right, and I think this aptly captures just how misunderstood Blockchain is even on this forum.
- nileshtrivedi 9y agoI used "only when". It's a necessary, but not sufficient, condition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_charity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_charity
- sly010 9y agoWe have been doing that without blockchains with PKI for a long time.