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It seems dangerous to encourage people to use the Bitcoin blockchain for messaging at all as even if this implementation has little traffic, future work may onl
by schmichael 13y ago
It seems dangerous to encourage people to use the Bitcoin blockchain for messaging at all as even if this implementation has little traffic, future work may only encourage more messaging.
It seems if people want to use blockchain technology for messaging, they should create a new blockchain and not clutter Bitcoin's.
This chart is scary enough without throwing new use cases into the blockchain (e.g. messaging) that have nothing to do with Bitcoin transactions: https://blockchain.info/charts/blocks-size?timespan=all https://blockchain.info/charts/blocks-size?timespan=all
- sida 13y agoI must say I disagree with you although I do see your point. I don't believe that people will use the Blockchain for messaging. It will cost you 60c per message. I certainly wouldn't use it for messaging. I think the implication is being able to use OP_RETURN (which btw does not add to the size of the blockchain because it is immediately provably prunable) and people will be able to attach payload onto a transaction. This will be important for this currency to be far more powerful beyond just sending money around.
- Smegger 13y agowell you could probably post magnet links for torrents
- dradtke 13y agoIsn't the blockchain going to keep growing like that indefinitely _anyway_ if Bitcoin is successful? Unless there's a plan to reset it somehow, then a few valentine's day cards are, in the long run, going to be the least of your worries.