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I would say it's pretty clear cut that this is abuse in a different way than ext4 because the blockchain has a format for how it stores various fields and you s
by Traster 5y ago
I would say it's pretty clear cut that this is abuse in a different way than ext4 because the blockchain has a format for how it stores various fields and you store data by putting different data in those fields. For example the fake addresses to which they send bitcoin to generate transactions.
It's also worth thinking about how this is used in the context of leaking data. Imagine if instead of posting Jennifer Lawrence's nudes on reddit, hackers had put them on the blockchain and just told people it was there. You now have an immutable copy of those photos stuck in a billion dollar speculative asset.
- throwaway22032 5y agoI agree that Bitcoin wasn't explicitly designed to store data. It was, however, designed to be uncensorable. Your second sentence there is - well, indeed. It _is_.
- iszomer 5y agoOr worse, all the nuanced forms of a dead man's switch. [0] https://www.wired.com/2013/07/snowden-dead-mans-switch/ https://www.wired.com/2013/07/snowden-dead-mans-switch/ [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/58nn58/what_happened_with_the_julian_assange_dead_mans/ https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/58nn58/what_h... [2] https://sarcophagus.io/ https://sarcophagus.io/
- throwaway22032 5y ago"Worse" in what way? To me that sounds beneficial. I'd do it myself if I had some blackmail on someone!
- iszomer 5y agoUntil that someone turned out to be a nation-state, case in point the still-ongoing story of J.A.
- gjs278 5y ago