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> there’s ways to minimize how much you need to trust nodes such as regularly publishing hashes to 3rd parties like HN. But you could do the same thing with an
by kergonath 2y ago
> there’s ways to minimize how much you need to trust nodes such as regularly publishing hashes to 3rd parties like HN.
But you could do the same thing with any hashes, right? There is no need for a blockchain in the middle.
- Retric 2y agoWhat happens as websites disappear? With a blockchain in 2090 you can point to a website post in 2060 as support that your hashes on data posted in 2030 are still valid. That’s useful when preventing people from rewriting history is the goal. There’s also a size advantage. You can keep a diff on the archive for each hash being posted instead of the full index for every time you post a hash.