Re:Apple requires account deletion within apps in AppStore s...
by EastOfTruth on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @11:55PM
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> 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
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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.)
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