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To me, this means that we vitally need a cryptographic verification method that can track the image as produced by a verified microchip and through a custodial
by SubiculumCode 6y ago
To me, this means that we vitally need a cryptographic verification method that can track the image as produced by a verified microchip and through a custodial blockchain recording each edit of that image file. Then giving all media players the ability to verify and produce a certificate of authenticity.
I bet there are some security challenges there, but this is the only way I can think of in order to protect the Republic from purposeful misinformation by differentiating between real and edited/fake,synthesized, footage going forward.
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- Jeff_Brown 6y agoI want something like this, but given the already enormous power cost of Bitcoin to maintain a paltry few Gb of data, and the petabytes of video produced by humanity every hour, it's not obviously possible to me even with the cleverest hash tree algorithms imaginable.
- SubiculumCode 6y agoI appreciate the concern but it has to be said that there are lots of blockchain solutions many magnitudes more efficient than Bitcoin. Also there are crypto projects that already deal with streaming video: For example: https://www.thetatoken.org/ https://www.thetatoken.org/ Bitcoin has the air in the room, but not the most advanced tech.
- Jeff_Brown 6y agoYou're right, proof of work is not necessary. But I still can't imagine a blockchain that scales to encompass all the media humanity produces. (I'm not saying it's impossible -- math can be surprising.)