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I don't think blockchain necessarily means anyone being able to make blocks.
by forgotmypw3 8y ago
I don't think blockchain necessarily means anyone being able to make blocks.
- jammygit 8y agoSo the important part is the visibility of the blockchain, not the distributed control? One could still verify whether tampering had occurred?
- forgotmypw3 7y agoIn my forum project, I use blockchain-like elements in the sense that when one replies to an existing comment, they include its hash in the reply text, which is then PGP-signed. It is not a chain, however, more like a tree/web. And anyone can inspect the tree and re-verify its validity. What is on the tree, however, is decided by me, the webmaster-operator. If there are troll comments that I want removed, they're gone. But I cannot forge something by another user, because I do not have their private key. And anyone else can fork the forum and append to the tree in their own way, and I cannot stop them.
- joshfraser 8y agoDistributed control is still useful. It makes it incredibly expensive to try and tamper with the results.