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> A blockchain requires trusting the authority that set it up and/or any authority that can 51% attack it. So, you don't understand how blockchains work, okay
by 74d-fe6-2c6 5y ago
> A blockchain requires trusting the authority that set it up and/or any authority that can 51% attack it.
So, you don't understand how blockchains work, okay.
With a distributed BC you don't have to trust an authority. You trust that 51% of participating entities know what they are doing and that they checked the protocol implementation and agree on one.
- anonymousDan 5y agoI don't know why the comment above was downvoted. The parent clearly doesn't know what they are talking about (e.g. in a deterministic setting at most one third can be malicious).
- smt88 5y agoA distributed blockchain has code that you have to trust. Also you can say that everything in a blockchain is verifiable by third parties, but most people don't do that work (not unlike any open-source software).