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You can use the bitcoin block chain as a reliable way to store information (append-only). Was wondering why this isn't being advertised as the killer app of th
by iwwr 15y ago
You can use the bitcoin block chain as a reliable way to store information (append-only).
Was wondering why this isn't being advertised as the killer app of the service.
- wcoenen 15y agoNot information in general, just transactions. Currently only small text messages are being embedded in the block chain. It wouldn't scale to larger files.
- burgerbrain 15y agoWould it be enough for a magnet url and a short description? The Pirate Bay is moving away from hosting torrent files anyway.
- wcoenen 15y agoYes, that would fit easily. Here's an example of the text data that you can find in the block chain by running the "strings" command: http://pastebin.com/ZqqFEqkc http://pastebin.com/ZqqFEqkc