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YCombinator can go out of business and bring HN down, not all internet memes survive long, your disk can be lost in a fire, etc. I'm not saying blockchain is b
by pps43 8y ago
YCombinator can go out of business and bring HN down, not all internet memes survive long, your disk can be lost in a fire, etc.
I'm not saying blockchain is better, just that it's at least reasonable. Already distributed and can be expected to survive longer than individual companies.
- loup-vaillant 8y agoWhat are the odds that Dropbox and HN and a dozen popular internet memes of your choice and your local computer and your phone and your blog and… …go all down before you can react? Seriously, if you need a secure backup, a couple instances, geographically separated, are more than enough.