One thing that intrigues me most about a publicly verifiable timechain is that it could be used it as a verification for news events. I’m not talking about clogging up the blockchain with images. Rather, if a news outlet wanted to run a story, or a famous person wanted to announce something on their own, they would publish a transaction from their publicly known wallet address.

I’m not saying this would eliminate AI slop and deepfake stories but, if enough people were using bitcoin to timestamp important statements with small transactions, any story or announcement NOT using this method would be viewed with skepticism. I’m also not saying every story or announcement needs to have an associated transaction… just really important/essential ones.

It’s crucial that journalists and public figures be able to prove something happened IRL or that they said/didn’t say something.

I can’t be the only person who has thought of this. Am I missing something nostr:nprofile1qqsxu35yyt0mwjjh8pcz4zprhxegz69t4wr9t74vk6zne58wzh0waycpr9mhxue69uhhqun9d45h2mfwwpexjmtpdshxuet59uq35amnwvaz7tms09exzmtfvshxv6tpw34xze3wvdhk6tch2tkdy ?