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Re:Ministry of Justice orders deletion of the UK's largest c... by madeofpalk on Monday February 16, 2026 @02:41PM (#47039315)
I like the part where you created a system where if someone has enough resources they can just alter the judicial record.
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Re:Ministry of Justice orders deletion of the UK's largest c... by __MatrixMan__ on Monday February 16, 2026 @03:20PM (#47039813)
It seems like you're assuming we'd use proof-of-work. That would be crazy.

The consensus mechanism would be: block is good if it has a judge's signature (or some other combination of signatures from other elected officials, depending on how the laws work where you are).

Or are you proposing that somebody out there is prepared to subvert the signatures by computing a hash collision or some other herculean task?

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