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Re:“We already store data. In a database. It works well” by vinniejames on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @07:08AM (#22297830)
The sad part is he's not even pitching Bitcoin. He's pitching a forked version created by a guy named Craig

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig_Steven_Wright

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Re:“We already store data. In a database. It works well” by inoop on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @09:54AM (#22298913)
Pitching Bitcoin would be just as sad.
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Re:“We already store data. In a database. It works well” by vinniejames on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @10:15AM (#22299076)
It wouldn't even make sense, the Bitcoin blockchain is intended to be used almost exclusively as a distributed transaction ledger. If you want decentralized storage look at the IPFS or Storj projects
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