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I carry a lot of guilt for having "oh, blockchains could help" thoughts quite a lot. A federally supported blockchain used as a public notary and other official

I carry a lot of guilt for having "oh, blockchains could help" thoughts quite a lot. A federally supported blockchain used as a public notary and other official functions, as you mentioned, seems like it may have a place in the future.

nullc 7y ago
Someone really needs to create a version of the cloud to butt extension that replaces "blockchain" with "database". What you're describing is a useful application for a _database_. Mixing "blockchain" into it would only hurt the viability of the database, not bring any obvious benefit. Your comment makes so much more sense with the word database: "A federally supported database used as a public notary and other official functions, as you mentioned, seems like it may have a place in the future." Indeed.
- azinman2 7y ago
  Normally I’d agree with you, but given this is all about verification it might make sense to distribute both trust as well as usage.