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Re:Twenty percent of a picture of a dog by sumedh on Friday September 10, 2021 @06:03AM (#28479545)
> who will record that fact in his authoritative database.

What happens if Eminem loses your record?

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Re:Twenty percent of a picture of a dog by recursive on Friday September 10, 2021 @05:06PM (#28486894)
That will teach me that I shouldn't have trusted him. I suppose it's similar to what happens if one of the common crypto-currency scams du jour happens. Except with less moving parts.
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Re:Twenty percent of a picture of a dog by yellowapple on Saturday September 11, 2021 @04:37AM (#28490379)
> That will teach me that I shouldn't have trusted him.

Then you've answered your own question re: why you might need/want "blockchain-y stuff": that "blockchain-y stuff" makes it so that you don't have to trust him.

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Re:Twenty percent of a picture of a dog by recursive on Saturday September 11, 2021 @11:39AM (#28492836)
Maybe it's just me, but if I didn't trust him, I wouldn't want to invest. I can't really imagine the case where one would.
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