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What does it practically solve that a normal cryptographic signature does not? Even distributed trust doesn't need a blockchain; web of trust is an example of
by adhesive_wombat 4y ago
What does it practically solve that a normal cryptographic signature does not?
Even distributed trust doesn't need a blockchain; web of trust is an example of that.
This is all fairly irrelevant anyway as people do not do not check things before sharing them anyway, and/or trust authenticated information from untrustworthy sources (if Fox News put their reporting on a blockchain, it doesn't suddenly become truth).
- rapind 4y ago> if Fox News put their reporting on a blockchain, it doesn't suddenly become truth There's two problems / truths here; 1) the source (E.g. Fox), which is what I think we'll need to verify, and 2) the truth of the content, which is an age old problem with no technical solution I'm aware of (or would even believe if presented with one).
- adhesive_wombat 4y agoRight, but for (1), what does blockchain specifically bring that, say, a normal cryptographic signature does not?