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Re:Rhetoric around the blockchain hints at problems with tec... by mseebach on Monday May 14, 2018 @02:50AM (#17063304)
The same is true for a blockchain where the same organisation controls all the nodes, which is the scenario at hand.
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Re:Rhetoric around the blockchain hints at problems with tec... by polyomino on Monday May 14, 2018 @09:44AM (#17065427)
If they know which addresses belong to Wikileaks
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Re:Rhetoric around the blockchain hints at problems with tec... by mseebach on Monday May 14, 2018 @09:51AM (#17065483)
That's a feature of anonymity, not the blockchain.
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