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Don't blockchains need miners to validate every transaction? Who exactly is going to be running all these computers, and why? What happens when the internet goe
by nrclark 8y ago
Don't blockchains need miners to validate every transaction? Who exactly is going to be running all these computers, and why? What happens when the internet goes down?
- sowbug 8y agoWould you prefer your local bureaucracy to do those things on paper?
- nrclark 8y agoNot a question of preference, and not a troll - I'm actually curious about how/if it could work in practice.
- sowbug 8y agoI don't know. But all the questions asked by OP would be applicable to any computerized system, and I doubt that a identity system designed today would operate entirely offline.
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- advisedwang 8y agoMany of the smaller blockchain projects are implemented on top of flexible blockchains like Ethereum, rather than being ground-up.