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0 pointssharemywin10y ago0 comments

but why write out to 5000 copies of the database when one(maybe 2 or three) would do for most use cases.

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vertex-four10y ago· 1 in thread

Because you might not trust any individual or potentially colluding group to timestamp things according to the rules properly.

Luckily, for the most part, as you say, you and the people you're interacting with can find someone you all can trust.

I'm not saying there aren't cases where block chain doesn't make sense.

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