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> then any operations involve canonicalizing the state by scanning the entire subsequent chain Sounds exactly like what blockchain node software does when you
by everfree 4y ago
> then any operations involve canonicalizing the state by scanning the entire subsequent chain
Sounds exactly like what blockchain node software does when you first start it up and it syncs the chain?
- AlotOfReading 4y agoThe scales are completely different orders of magnitude. Crypto chains are miniscule, a few hundred GB max and even that's problematic for a lot of devices. A single CT scan is something like 20+ GB. There are ~220,000 of those in the US every single day and probably billions or trillions of other little things being logged. You can store offchain, but then you're a. Centralizing things again and b. Probably violating patient data privacy.
- everfree 4y agoDecentralized data stores exist. IPFS is perhaps the most widely known. But if you discount imaging and store only medical summaries (which if we're being honest is often the only thing doctors look at after the fact anyways), it would definitely be technically feasible.