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Show HN: IdbKvStore – Simple persistent storage for the browser

Posted by shleemies on Friday April 21, 2017 @08:16AM
from the show-hn dept.

https://github.com/xuset/idb-kv-store

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Persist data beyond 'Clear recent history' in Firefox

Posted by shleemies on Tuesday January 17, 2017 @10:32AM
from the xuset.github.io dept.

http://xuset.github.io/tracker/

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Technical developments in Cryptography: 2016 in Review

Posted by shleemies on Sunday December 25, 2016 @03:24PM
from the eff.org dept.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/12/what-happened-crypto-2016

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Re:New blockchain-powered free speech tool on Monday December 19, 2016 @09:57PM (#13217059)

Using the bitcoin blockchain to store small info is a really interesting idea. Bitcoin is having some scaling issues, but I'm hoping those get resolved in time.

What concerns me is the blockchain is decentralized but the website hosting the post board is not. This seems to defeat the purpose. Unfortunately there is no way to connect directly to bitcoin nodes from web browsers so some central components are necessary, but I imagine there could be a way to make things somewhat decentralized using centralized components.