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FWIW, keybase.io do the same; they store the root of the merkle tree into the blockchain with a similar principle of throwaway addresses, making it the whole da
by giovannibajo1 12y ago
FWIW, keybase.io do the same; they store the root of the merkle tree into the blockchain with a similar principle of throwaway addresses, making it the whole database they handle basically unforkable.
- malgorithms 12y agoHere's the doc on that: https://keybase.io/docs/server_security/merkle_root_in_bitcoin_blockchain https://keybase.io/docs/server_security/merkle_root_in_bitco... . Since users on Keybase append their "announcements" (proofs, username announcement, etc.) to a public signature chain which is verifiable, the Bitcoin merkle step is designed to prove that Keybase is (a) showing everyone in the world the same thing, and (b) not omitting anything from the ends of people's chains.