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Re:Petals: Run 100B+ language models at home bit-torrent style by amelius on Monday January 02, 2023 @06:32AM (#34216820)
A blockchain does not magically solve security issues.

In fact, it adds traceability. And data stored in it can never be deleted. Just to name a few issues.

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Re:Petals: Run 100B+ language models at home bit-torrent style by birracerveza on Monday January 02, 2023 @06:42AM (#34216893)
> A blockchain does not magically solve security issues.

No, but staking is certainly an improvement over "pinky promise", and it requires a public blockchain.

> issues

I'm fairly sure those are features, not issues. You are free to disagree.

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Re:Petals: Run 100B+ language models at home bit-torrent style by menzoic on Monday January 02, 2023 @08:59AM (#34217863)
> A blockchain does not magically solve security issues.

This is a weird statement. Blockchain security is real and it isn't "magic". Blockchain is specifically designed to secure decentralized applications.

> In fact, it adds traceability. And data stored in it can never be deleted. Just to name a few issues.

These aren't issues, these are part of the security model. Traceability is fine here because everything is pseudonymous, if you want to avoid that use a chain that has untraceable transactions with zero knowledge proofs (zero traceability).

> And data stored in it can never be deleted. Just to name a few issues.

Storing data on blockchain is extremely expensive. Only hashes are stored on chain, not the data itself. Hashes are much different from encryption because they're irreversible.

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