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So I have an anonymous twitter account that tweets out various randomly located headlines, a couple times per day. Simply embedded in one of those tweets, each
by Diederich 9y ago
So I have an anonymous twitter account that tweets out various randomly located headlines, a couple times per day. Simply embedded in one of those tweets, each day, is a hash of the previous hash plus the current contents of some long-running data that I've been keeping and updating.
It's not as robust as a blockchain (maybe!) but it's easy and I've been doing it a good bit longer than 'blockchain' has been talked about. More importantly, I can use it to prove that I possessed certain files at certain times, historically.
- Flenser 9y ago> I have an anonymous twitter account > I can use it to prove that I possessed certain files at certain times, historically. Your twitter account would no longer be anonymous at that point. What's the utility of it being anonymous now?
- Diederich 9y agoI consider the value of it being anonymous right now to be unknown or undefined. In the same way, I consider the value of it being non-anonymous right now to also be unknown or undefined. Since disclosure can only flow in one direction, I'm not aware of any reason to irrevocably transfer from one state to the next.
- ballenf 9y agoSo, a Merkle tree?
- Diederich 9y agoRoughly that, yup.