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So much for Blockchain's real life use cases (lemmy.ml)

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

Bad research based on subjective opinion? I dont see how anyone would see blockchain in itself as useless. It provides a verification method without the use of a centralized system. Are all peer-to-peer systems useless now? Its not to be used as a tool for everything. It will not fix everything. I'd be more interested in research of what happens when reactionary practices are used. Such as using blockchain just because it's the hot new trend without thoroughly thinking about the consequences of such actions. blockchain = bad / blockchain = good is not good enough, each implementation needs to be studied independently and answers derived from that. Replace blockchain with AI and it's the same.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

It’s a way of verification and trust in a system where no one trusts any central authority, but does trust an algorithm. That seems too specific to ever actually be useful. People will end up relying on services or instructions that make the system digestible and usable for them, but as long as they still rely on those giving the instructions, the same problem arises.

And when an example case is brought up, it’s always one central authority that is pushing the idea - and could achieve the same more easily and without power waste using a central server.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

I mean, if one party pushes for use of blockchain, you'd just need to trust that specific system (algorithm, network..) and not explicitly the party pushing for it.

I also wouldn't call it power 'waste' since it does useful work - confirmation. It may be more inefficient compared to a centralized authority though. There are other ways of doing confirmations than proof-of-work as well, though each have their own drawbacks - just like a centralized system does,

[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

I dont see how anyone would see blockchain in itself as useless.

it's chewing through tremendous amounts of power and water to improve....? what?

I have yet to see the upside.

[-] [email protected] -2 points 6 days ago

HA! you think the pentagon is in control? You think the people responsible for this debacle are actually following orders? These are all absconders and expats who are doing all this garbage. Pentagon is seemingly powerless to stop them.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

This posted to the main section, not as a reply.

[-] [email protected] 201 points 1 week ago

A distributed pseudonymous ledger for use by a centralised authority that will hold sensitive, personal information.

I think the paper was right.

[-] [email protected] 90 points 1 week ago

Spain did what

[-] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago

España creó un pasaporte blockchain para ver por alguna razón, porque supongo que los tiddies ponen nerviosas a algunas personas.

Source: Sé dónde está la biblioteca.

[-] noli 2 points 6 days ago

Mi queso es su queso

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[-] [email protected] 55 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Is it Blockchain based though?

It is a shitty porn passport, I'm Spanish, but I didn't hear that it was Blockchain based.

Why? It needs a centrar register not an uncentralized one.

[-] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I was just looking through some documentation on it. It says it uses a "digital wallet". Maybe people are seeing that and thinking that means it's blockchain-based? I'm not seeing anything more solid claiming there's any blockchain involved, though. (I'm not 100% certain there isn't any blockchain involved, though.)

It's BS either way. Extra super plus plus BS if it's blockchain-based. But still BS even if there's no blockchain involved.

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[-] [email protected] 45 points 1 week ago

Do they need blockchain for it though?

[-] [email protected] 65 points 1 week ago

No. This won't work any better, either. Keeping anonymous porn off the internet is like trying to prevent kids from fooling around with sex by not telling them about sex.

Unless you're removing their genitals, they're GOING to figure it out. The situation only gets worse with more ignorance and more control.

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[-] [email protected] 43 points 1 week ago

https://www.politico.eu/article/spain-builds-porn-passport-to-stop-kids-watching-smut/ I guess this? Wild stuff.

[-] [email protected] 72 points 1 week ago

bit of a futile endeavour tbh, if a kid with access to the Internet wants to see porn, they're going to find porn. And if they don't have access to the basic sources they'll probably find a more dodgy, unmoderated, and possibly extreme porn than if their curiosity got sated by pornhub or something

[-] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

This is the biggest problem; you're basically funneling kids towards those sources least likely to comply with the law.

[-] [email protected] 0 points 6 days ago

yup, precisely. This is the same story as trying to ban alcohol or drugs - people will find a way, and that way is going to put them at more risk than if those things were avaliable by legal means and properly regulated

[-] [email protected] 40 points 1 week ago

Agreed. Even going back to sharing stuff via Whatsapp or something like that, they are going to evade control for sure. But when will society be ready to just be honest with kids about what exists and teach them how to safely explore that and give them context? I guess we'd rather have dystopian control than that

[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I'm not sure why so many adults try so desperately to forget what they were like as kids and teenagers. Rather than stop their biological urges, curb them or direct them towards safe release. Letting them figure it out on their own, and how else can they if you don't actually teach them, is a recipe for disaster.

Two of the best ways to reduce teen pregnancy are sex education and easy access to contraceptives.

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[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago

VPN interest mysteriously surges in Spain

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[-] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago

Guy who wrote a paper about Blockchain doesn't know the difference between a "digital wallet" and Blockchain...

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[-] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago

Why would anyone chain their porn?
Cockchains are not for that. Not really for anything, but not for that too.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

What about all the games where you can shoot people? Why is that okay for kids, but a little tit here and there will destroy their view of the world?

Didn't these things get their starts by sucking on tits? So why hide them now?

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[-] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

Not sure why everybody needs a copy of my, I mean, somebody's porn passport.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

I used to suck dick for blockcain..still do... but I used to too

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