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I was listening to a podcast by Balaji. He has an idea that could serve as counterpoint to these fears. In that podcast, he describes (mainly for research purp
by charlie0 4y ago
I was listening to a podcast by Balaji. He has an idea that could serve as counterpoint to these fears.
In that podcast, he describes (mainly for research purposes) a blockchain where all data has been validated and verified before being added.
I could see a similar chain being used by trustworthy organization where truth has been validated, verified, and recorded in a public blockchain where anyone can see for themselves sources of information that have been used.
The real question would be, can we find trustworthy organizations to compile the information?
- tbrownaw 4y agoSo, a "but it's on a blockchain" version of what scientific journals are intended to do?
- marcosdumay 4y agoIf you look how well this works for scientific journals... no I don't think it will solve anything.
- naasking 4y ago> I could see a similar chain being used by trustworthy organization There's the fatal flaw. As COVID has shown, trust in institutions can easily degrade. The blockchain doesn't add anything to the trustworthiness of the institutions' assessment of the facts: if the institution is trusted, then it's assessment is trusted regardless of what the blockchain says, and if it's not trusted, then the blockchain won't convince you of anything.
- enlyth 4y agoIf it's a trustworthy organization, wtf is the blockchain for?