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> My contract is still 100% whole and unmodified but you are able to get what you want. So, a VCS fork? We had that for a while. > medical records All you're
by icebraining 8y ago
> My contract is still 100% whole and unmodified but you are able to get what you want.
So, a VCS fork? We had that for a while.
> medical records
All you're describing is an online folder with a standard API to which you upload encrypted files. The point of the blockchain and friends is to achieve consensus. It brings absolutely nothing new to that use case. It's only worse, since it relies only on encryption to protect extremely sensitive data. Do you want all your records open in twenty years when someone breaks whatever algorithm used back then?
- sharemywin 8y agoFree speech. Anonymous speech. Some kind of electronic notary: Some kind of hash that verifies something hasn't been tampered with which is signed by multiple parties which keeps adding transaction on top of transaction making it costly and costly to change the hash.
- icebraining 8y agoFree speech. Anonymous speech. Doesn't require achieving a global consensus, hence we already have had Freenet for quite a while. electronic notary Still no consensus required. Cheaper version: have all parties digitally sign a file with that hash, then upload it to IPFS and share the address.