Adalast comments on DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase in Months

[–] Adalast@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

I didn't say distributed. You are absolutely correct though. I was more observing that of all the BS tech bro babble that our Oligarch in Chief could spew into the universe, blockchain would be one that could be implemented reasonably.

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[–] enumerator4829@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

If your blockchain isn’t distributed, it doesn’t need to be a blockchain, because then you already have trust established.

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[–] Adalast@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

There are actually other comments on this thread that provide other benefits besides trust, like modification tracing. There is more to it than just trust.

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[–] enumerator4829@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

You mean a transparency log? Just sign and publish. Or if it’s confidential, have a timestamp authority sign it, but what’s the point of a confidential blockchain? Sure, we han have a string of hashes chained together á la git, but that’s just an implementation detail. Where does the trust come from, who does the audit? That’s the interesting part.

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[–] Adalast@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago

Obviously all good questions that those much more informed should weigh in on. I know just enough about blockchain to recognize reasonable vs scam uses for, but I also know enough to not Dunning Kruger the topic.

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