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Re:Rhetoric around the blockchain hints at problems with tec... by Scarblac on Monday May 14, 2018 @04:01AM (#17063677)
One point I've heard is that some large organizations don't necessarily trust themselves (or all their employees). Then a bunch of nodes with a chain inside the organization might be harder to tamper with than a database.
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Re:Rhetoric around the blockchain hints at problems with tec... by icebraining on Monday May 14, 2018 @04:53AM (#17063889)
In that case, the blockchain actually makes it easier to tamper with, since the nodes will trust whoever mines the longest chain.

If you just want to avoid tampering, you're better off with servers publishing (signed) messages and clients storing those in an append-only log; a good example are the CT logs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_Transparency

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