Thread on images on the blockchain: As long as there is user-provided data, systems that store that data can be commandeered to store what is being called "illegal content." True for Google Docs, true for blockchains.
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There's also very compact but highly illegal data you might want to distribute and make undeletable. Think things like leaked classified docs, doxing of gov't officials or other high-profile ppl, etc.
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I don't think these pose any greater threat with blockchains than they do with any other medium. If anything, a viral leak on Twitter becomes undeleteable, and visible, much faster than on Bitcoin. Your previous point stands though: sovereigns could use such data as a pretext.
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But at this point, I am not worried that states will crack down on the entire area of blockchains because of a few, or actually, just one according to the study, instance of vile material.
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Maybe not. We'll have to wait to see. But I also suspect there will be attempts to manipulate currency through this sort of thing.
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If you can selectively increase perceived risk of participation to particular users or groups of users (e.g. whole jurisdictions), there should be a lot of ways you can profit from that...
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