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Re:Apple requires account deletion within apps in AppStore s... by wizzwizz4 on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @06:14PM (#28779165)
> It probably could be fine for public user data that you want to spread out and be somewhat resistant to censor from governments.

Can you give an example? “spread out and be somewhat resistant to censorship from governments” is just a description of blockchain's strengths¹.

> why do you talk about it if it isn't relevant?

If I didn't mention it, I'd be lying by omission. In order for this discussion to make sense, I have to make the implicit assumption that blockchain is good for anything. I have never, in my life, encountered a situation where blockchain is better than alternatives. Heck, I'm half-convinced that Bitcoin would've been better off with a block-graph (like Git); it models the dependencies better, and means attempted double-spend attacks have a lower impact on the rest of the ledger. (51% attacks would be a little easier, but only for very recent transactions, assuming even distribution of wealth² and a free market economy³.)

¹: though it isn't particularly good at either of those things in practice

²: this is a bad assumption, but it would only affect wealth hoarders so I don't care

³: this is a really bad assumption, but it wouldn't take much improvement to the world to make it a sufficiently reasonable assumption

Re:Apple requires account deletion within apps in AppStore s... by EastOfTruth on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @11:55PM (#28781637)
> Can you give an example?

it is very easy to find an example of censorship, not sure why you need one but let's say: "World marks 32 years since Tiananmen massacre as China censors all mention of it"

There is also daily examples of censorship on this website.

Re:Apple requires account deletion within apps in AppStore s... by wizzwizz4 on Thursday October 07, 2021 @06:21AM (#28784436)
I mean an example for when you'd want to put user data on the blockchain – rather than a description of the general category. (It's a mistake many mathematicians make at one time or other: declaring a property on all members of a certain set without first checking whether it's the empty set.)
Re:Apple requires account deletion within apps in AppStore s... by croon on Thursday October 07, 2021 @05:28AM (#28784055)
And yet we all knew about it without blockchains and cryptotransactions are banned in China.