I agree. One of the consistently recurring types of jabs at blockchain from the HN crowd is to lampoon the fact that it is just an 'append-only' database. Then

I agree. One of the consistently recurring types of jabs at blockchain from the HN crowd is to lampoon the fact that it is just an 'append-only' database. Then i realized that while they are right, the naysayers fail to appreciate how fucking amazing that is. PoW gave us the first append-only database worth its salt. That gives us a form of digital history that computers can interface with directly. Tubes and wires man!