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Re:Email addresses are not good 'permanent' identifiers for ... by buro9 on Sunday December 31, 2023 @11:25AM (#38825150)
That's a tool, it still leaves open the question "Who will be the authority to determine what changes to allow to the blockchain?", the problem was not solved by introducing blockchain, you just changed the question slightly whilst adding a dependency that wasn't required originally.
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Re:Email addresses are not good 'permanent' identifiers for ... by api on Sunday December 31, 2023 @12:43PM (#38825864)
Moreover proof of work can't work for non-currency use cases because it requires an incentive structure for the game theoretics to work.
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