a thing blockchains are good at is notarizing stuff, timestamping and certifying the existence of documents in a tamperproof way.https://twitter.com/DelRayMan/status/1323758511449399296 …
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Replying to @interfluidity
Tamperproof except by whoever runs the server farm most of the blockchain runs on
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Replying to @Pinboard
not really. even a "50% attack" were to occur, at enormous expense, it would be widely visible, as would the signed original transactions. compared to other social institutions of tamperproof certification it is very strong.
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Replying to @interfluidity
It really isn't, compared to institutions like "tweet it out" or "publish it in your paper". It's basically the same as putting it on your blog, except with 100000x the power bill.
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Replying to @Pinboard @interfluidity
What’s the blockchain advantage vs signing it with a private key and publishing?
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Replying to @nk @interfluidity
You don't even need to sign it with the key. The social institution of just publishing stuff in a visible place works fine
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Replying to @Pinboard @interfluidity
You’re right, although blogs and Twitter accounts are hacked often enough that signing it counts for something maybe.
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It's hard to think of practical situations where people who get their account hacked would at the same time be able to protect a secret signing key
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Replying to @Pinboard @interfluidity
There were some recent high profile Twitter hacks that involved Twitter employee credentials or sms wizardry ... I can see the argument that AP is a high profile target tonight
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