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> Our society cannot stand the immutability yet. I hate to point it out, but we already have immutability. If you add something to, say, the Bitcoin blockchain
by amingilani 5y ago
> Our society cannot stand the immutability yet.
I hate to point it out, but we already have immutability. If you add something to, say, the Bitcoin blockchain, it'd take erasing the entire blockchain to destroy that information. That's a tall order.
- georgyo 5y agoSince Bitcoin allows for storing small amounts arbitrary data in a transaction. Seems like an attack vector is to put illegal content into the Blockchain.
- amingilani 5y agoSee Illegal Content and the Blockchain by Bruce Schneier: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/03/illegal-content-and-the-blockchain.html https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/03/illegal-conte...
- blockchain615 5y agoBitcoin BTC has very limited capacity, and high cost per byte. But I wonder why more capable blockchains aren't used as mass doxbins and leaks storage yet. There are many popular blockchains where anyone can upload many megabytes per dollar.
- ezoe 5y agoBitcoin has not been famous for trafficking platform for the illegal data(yet). But it has its potential. All we need is a visualization tool. A tool that display the interesting data or automatically download data if it looks like URL. Complete with upload feature which spend BTC to record the user supplied data(or upload to somewhere resistent and record URL of it) to the Bitcoin blockchain, it can be a practical platform to trafficking illegal data. Actually, I think Bitcoin blockchain has accumulated enough illegal data so just a fool-proof visualization tool is enough to make authorities serious enough to prohibit the Bitcoin. It's more of a presentation than technical though.
- edem 5y agoIt would make no sense since contrary to popular belief you can be easily tracked through the use of the blockchain. And you also can't erase evidence.