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Let's not forget that even that is prone to problems. I had some archives (30-35 years old) that no longer can be unpacked. The application that made them is no
by tgv 3y ago
Let's not forget that even that is prone to problems. I had some archives (30-35 years old) that no longer can be unpacked. The application that made them is no longer working. Source code isn't available. I also had a few "rotting" CDs (not CD-R, but factory pressed CDs). You need a very good strategy to make digital information survive the next 100 years, and keep it up to date, at least yearly.
And, given the performance of government IT projects in the past in so many countries, this will probably turn out to be more expensive than they hope.
- 8n4vidtmkvmk 3y agoI had some Bitcoin on a USB along with the operating system and program used to read the wallet. After 8 years or so, I couldn't open my wallet despite using the same OS and same program but different hardware. (I did eventually recover the coin but it was much harder than I anticipated. and no, the USB wasn't my only copy, I wasn't quite that foolish)