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Re:An NFT without a blockchain by drdeca on Saturday December 18, 2021 @07:50PM (#29610297)
If only one person was interested in maintaining it, it would become rather cheap for them to continue mining blocks for it

though, of course , it wouldn’t really be secure at that point, as it would be relatively cheap to make a fork that outpaces them (assuming proof of work. In proof of stake I suppose they would become the only one with any stake?).

So, I’m not sure quite how this impacts your point?

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Re:An NFT without a blockchain by lottin on Sunday December 19, 2021 @04:12AM (#29612505)
If you're the only one mining, the blockchain can't perform its function. At this is point you're better off storing the data on a USB stick.
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Re:An NFT without a blockchain by drdeca on Sunday December 19, 2021 @02:57PM (#29617694)
The function of being secure against attacks? Yes.

The function of continuing to handle transactions? It can do that fine I suppose.

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