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Redactable Blockchain, or Rewriting History in Bitcoin and Friends [pdf]

3 pointsby big_chungusabout 5 years ago

2 comments

trompabout 5 years ago
&gt; there are several reasons to prefer an editable blockchain, spanning from the necessity to remove inappropriate content<p>There are already blockchains that do not allow for embedding of arbitrary data, because it&#x27;s all elliptic curve points and Schnorr signatures.
gus_massaabout 5 years ago
&gt; <i>Redactions can be made only by authorized entities and under specific constraints</i> ...<p>This makes the network essentially centralized. Why not just use a db that is cheaper?