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That said, blockchain-like technologies (ksi, more specifically) can be used to assure the integrity of databases storing the relationship between you and your

That said, blockchain-like technologies (ksi, more specifically) can be used to assure the integrity of databases storing the relationship between you and your car.

staticassertion 5y ago
Databases have been doing that for a long time. Blockchains only add additional guarantees that matter when you have hostile participants, which only matters if you're decentralizing your system, which you probably don't want to do for a lot of things (like tracking ownership of a car).
- CRConrad 5y ago
  Your username kind of goes nicely with your point here.
lottin 5y ago
But is this blockchain-like technology better than the alternatives? What advantages does it have over a simple checksum, for example?
hectormalot 5y ago
Yes, but is it a problem worth solving beyond what we have today? What’s the last time we saw an database integrity failure at the DMV/… leading to cars being owned by people that shouldn’t?
- notahacker 5y ago
  I'm pretty sure it wasn't more recently than the last time people lost control of assets on a blockchain! Replacing databases which afaik have never been manipulated anywhere in the world (despite representing legal ownership of high value assets) with tokens similar to those people lose access to or are duped out of on a daily basis is very Web3
  - grey-area 5y ago
    Was the DMV hacked this week? https://news.coincu.com/56415-citydao-hacked-discord-95000-damage/ https://news.coincu.com/56415-citydao-hacked-discord-95000-d...
  - Uke 5y ago
    when you start to coin terms like rug pull and web3, it sure does feel like a systematic problem. There are people who specialize in asserting if you can trust a new token or not - why would i invest in something so janky?
democracy 5y ago
A good example of an imaginary problem!
quickthrowman 5y ago
I have never had the state DMV lose record of my ownership of a vehicle. I don’t know anyone that has. I can’t find any record of it happening. It doesn’t sound like an actual problem to me.
lawtalkinghuman 5y ago
mysqldump | sha256sum
CRConrad 5y ago
Can't a simple checksum or hash do the same (and without burning as much electricity as all of Argentina)?

That said, blockchain-like technologies (ksi, more specifically) can be used to assure the integrity of databases storing the relationship between you and your car.

staticassertion 5y ago

Databases have been doing that for a long time. Blockchains only add additional guarantees that matter when you have hostile participants, which only matters if you're decentralizing your system, which you probably don't want to do for a lot of things (like tracking ownership of a car).

CRConrad 5y ago
Your username kind of goes nicely with your point here.

lottin 5y ago

But is this blockchain-like technology better than the alternatives? What advantages does it have over a simple checksum, for example?

hectormalot 5y ago

Yes, but is it a problem worth solving beyond what we have today? What’s the last time we saw an database integrity failure at the DMV/… leading to cars being owned by people that shouldn’t?

notahacker 5y ago
I'm pretty sure it wasn't more recently than the last time people lost control of assets on a blockchain! Replacing databases which afaik have never been manipulated anywhere in the world (despite representing legal ownership of high value assets) with tokens similar to those people lose access to or are duped out of on a daily basis is very Web3
- grey-area 5y ago
  Was the DMV hacked this week? https://news.coincu.com/56415-citydao-hacked-discord-95000-damage/ https://news.coincu.com/56415-citydao-hacked-discord-95000-d...
- Uke 5y ago
  when you start to coin terms like rug pull and web3, it sure does feel like a systematic problem. There are people who specialize in asserting if you can trust a new token or not - why would i invest in something so janky?

democracy 5y ago

A good example of an imaginary problem!

quickthrowman 5y ago

I have never had the state DMV lose record of my ownership of a vehicle. I don’t know anyone that has. I can’t find any record of it happening. It doesn’t sound like an actual problem to me.

lawtalkinghuman 5y ago

mysqldump | sha256sum

CRConrad 5y ago

Can't a simple checksum or hash do the same (and without burning as much electricity as all of Argentina)?