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Obviously the solution is a DeadManSwitchCoin.
by eudox 13y ago
Obviously the solution is a DeadManSwitchCoin.
- arielweisberg 13y agoI proposed this in an earlier thread and got some push back on the utility of the concept https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6509824 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6509824
- tlrobinson 13y agogwern has a great summary of "time-lock encryption" possibilities: http://www.gwern.net/Self-decrypting%20files http://www.gwern.net/Self-decrypting%20files
- tormeh 13y agoI think your sarcasm-meter failed you.
- smithzvk 13y agoHey, that is an interesting idea that I have often thought about before, but have not been able to wrap my head around how this could be done. Are there any links/literature you can point to for techniques that sort of fit this bill? I almost imagine doing something like this in a physical system is easier than at the cryptographic level, but that probably is to be expected considering my physics background. I mean, using quantum phenomena seems to be an obvious way to do it this albeit completely infeasible at this time.