• Protoknuckles@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    But again, the computer that would go into that kind of a system is astronomical per item. It just doesn’t make sense to use.

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      4 days ago

      Only if you’re talking about a Bitcoin-style public ledger blockchain. The auditable, immutable history can also make sense in a private blockchain that costs next to nothing to add to, can be backed up for a song, and can only be added to if you hold the private key.