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Because whoever controls that database can change the data in it.
by thepasswordis 5y ago
Because whoever controls that database can change the data in it.
- gitfan86 5y agoThis was the crypto pitch for several years except it was for supply chain. "You can't hack the database!!" that didn't work out either because it doesn't stop someone from putting incorrect data into a database regardless of how easy it is to hack the database. Same thing here. There is nothing to stop the government employee from putting incorrect data in the database. This is why people see Crypto/Web3 as a solution looking for a problem. The complaint people have about the DMV isn't that their database gets hacked. The complaint is that the government workers do not care about doing a good or quick job.
- paulryanrogers 5y agoBlockchain seems like a very costly way to add transparency and auditing. Especially if the chain will be controlled by one or only a few stakeholders.
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y agoSo maybe rather than investing in the hope of some technologically-provided immutability, you just use the historical method(s) of (a) applying significant criminal charges to changing the data (b) structures and processes to audit data transformation.