3 ms·

The system you are building needs to be decentralized and censorship-resistant? yes, then you need a blockchain.

• chx 9y ago
  This is bullshit. Plain bullshit. Tor is decentralized and censorship resistant. I am not 100% whether Kademlia networks are censorship resistant but I think so.
  • wjh_ 9y ago
    > I am not 100% whether Kademlia networks are censorship resistant but I think so. Seconded. I'm almost certain they are, or at least, they're pretty damn hard to stop.
• IncRnd 9y ago
  There are many decentralized and censorship-resistant protocols. Those qualities do not require a blockchain...
  • mantas 9y ago
    And blockchain can be quasi-centralized as well as get censored by those who pool majority of resources.
    • IncRnd 9y ago
      Excellent points. Thank you! Yes, a blockchain is just a graph data structure. centralization and censorship resistance are only due to how the data structure is used not to there being a data structure. It's actually pretty similar to saying - Need to drink milk? Use a splay tree.
• chris1988 9y ago
  "Do you need a decentralized and censorship-resistent database?"
• LogicalBorg 9y ago
  There's an informative flowchart on p. 3 of the linked PDF that describes the logic of this site. Your question is basically covered by "are there multiple writers?" since that implies decentralization, which also implies censorship resistance. Further censorship resistance is implied by the "private permissioned blockchain" choice, which is recommended when public verifiability is not required.
• jstanley 9y ago
  IPFS also offers a decentralised and censorship-resistant database. (Kinda). It's just not persistent the way Bitcoin's blockchain is.
• ainiriand 9y ago
  Censorship resistant? As long as the censor allows bitcoin/ethereum node connections at ISP level, yes. So no, not resistant.