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Re:Worms frozen in permafrost for up to 42,000 years come ba... by nootropicat on Friday July 27, 2018 @04:16AM (#17624363)
Sounds like a reliable self-repairing and self-replicating storage solution. Encode the data in their dna and secure it with a hash.
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Re:Worms frozen in permafrost for up to 42,000 years come ba... by Uberphallus on Friday July 27, 2018 @04:49AM (#17624512)
And chain that hash to the next self-replicated individual to form a bioblockchain, to distribute copies and achieve bioconsensus. I worry though about viral 51% attacks.
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