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> For design reasons, no one can delete anything from it. This is a feature, not a bug.
by yewenjie 5y ago
> For design reasons, no one can delete anything from it.
This is a feature, not a bug.
- egypturnash 5y agoIt's a misfeature for everyone saying "let's put social media on the blockchain"; good luck telling Disney that when they DMCA one of your users.
- ceejayoz 5y agoThe bug part comes in when someone stuffs a few child porn images into the chain, making mere possession of a full node carry jail time in the US. Even better, due to strict liability, "I didn't know" or "It's not mine" aren't valid defenses. I wouldn't want to have to tell a judge "I can't remove it" in a libel proceeding, either.
- gfodor 5y agoThat’s a feature, since it will force society to resolve a variety of incoherent laws.
- kevingadd 5y agoSince when does the government willingly just throw out a bunch of laws because some techies put together a new algorithm? If the government decides that your crypto is a Munition or Child Porn, you're going to need a lot to convince them otherwise, and you're probably going to spend time in jail while waiting for your lawyers to deal with it.
- gfodor 5y agoThere's probably already child porn on the ethereum blockchain. If not, there will be eventually. Then what happens? Is your argument that it's obvious they're going to jail anyone who has the chain on their computer?
- ceejayoz 5y agoIs this your first encounter with society?
- RedShift1 5y agoHmm, now I'm wondering why this hasn't happened yet? Is there be a way to encode arbitrary data inside a transaction?
- maupin 5y agoAs far as I know it has happened. It's been in Bitcoin and probably many other blockchains for years.