There's No Good Reason to Trust Blockchain Technology (2019)

Re:There's No Good Reason to Trust Blockchain Technology (2019) by rizpanjwani on Sunday August 16, 2020 @06:15PM (#24181828)

but the USPS just filed a patent for a voting system based on one: https://heraldsheets.com/us-postal-service-usps-files-patent...

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Re:There's No Good Reason to Trust Blockchain Technology (2019) by louwrentius on Sunday August 16, 2020 @06:16PM (#24181835)

Well that nullifies all Bruce's arguments, right?

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Re:There's No Good Reason to Trust Blockchain Technology (2019) by rizpanjwani on Sunday August 16, 2020 @11:42PM (#24183685)

Sorry if I gave that impression (enough to warrant negative votes), but that was not the point I was trying to make. Just offering a contrasting link.

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Re:There's No Good Reason to Trust Blockchain Technology (2019) by AtomicPlayboy on Sunday August 16, 2020 @07:06PM (#24182155)

Not if the transactions can be deanonymized as it has happened to Bitcoin.

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Re:There's No Good Reason to Trust Blockchain Technology (2019) by timbit42 on Monday August 17, 2020 @10:57AM (#24187903)

That didn't 'happen' to Bitcoin. Bitcoin was designed that way.

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