> That's exciting for situations where trusting a central actor to be well intentioned forever is not wise. Publishing "news" on a blockchain, so you don't have

> That's exciting for situations where trusting a central actor to be well intentioned forever is not wise. Publishing "news" on a blockchain, so you don't have to worry about a future actor trying to whitewash what history is, as an example. That is fundamentally a contradiction. Sure, the published news can't be changed later, but you have to trust the actor publishing the news to be trustworthy forever. Just because something is immutable it doesn't mean it's true.