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0 pointsdullgiulio6y ago0 comments

The government has been running "on the blockchain" for a while, with projects like the X-road, which are also used by other countries (the other two Balitc countries and Finland).

It is a blockchain in the only way that makes sense: a cryptographically secure ledger run by a central authority (government).

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Barrin926y ago

well, that's weird because according to the institute that runs the entire thing (https://www.niis.org/blog/2018/4/26/there-is-no-blockchain-t...), there is no blockchain technology involved, it merely uses some hashes to link data together, as do plenty of age-old protocols.

This is a good example of why these PR campaigns are silly.

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0 pointsdullgiulio6y ago0 comments

The government has been running "on the blockchain" for a while, with projects like the X-road, which are also used by other countries (the other two Balitc countries and Finland).

It is a blockchain in the only way that makes sense: a cryptographically secure ledger run by a central authority (government).

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Barrin926y ago

This is a good example of why these PR campaigns are silly.

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