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Re:The .blog Bait and Switch by achr2 on Thursday November 17, 2016 @02:15PM (#12980476)
A Blockchain.
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Re:The .blog Bait and Switch by jff on Thursday November 17, 2016 @02:23PM (#12980553)
Poe's Law, Bitcoin sub-clause, strikes again
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Re:The .blog Bait and Switch by pessimizer on Thursday November 17, 2016 @02:55PM (#12980853)
It is a distributed ledger; calling blockchain here is certainly not crazy-talk.
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Re:The .blog Bait and Switch by achr2 on Thursday November 17, 2016 @04:39PM (#12981934)
I mean, I was being a bit facetious, but there are actual proposals for blockchain backed DNS.

[1] https://github.com/okTurtles/dnschain

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Re:The .blog Bait and Switch by __jal on Thursday November 17, 2016 @05:52PM (#12982511)
Yes, this is an application where the blockchain wouldn't necessarily be stupid.

I don't see it as necessary, to be honest, and given the frequency with which people lose access to their wallets/have them stolen, I'm not entirely sure the bulk of domain owners would want bearer instruments to be the sole way to manage (or lose) their domain.

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