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Serious question: Is ‘blockchain’ still a thing?

Or, can we do everything with Bitcoin and Nostr as the base protocols?

#asknostr

I've done a good amount of research on other chains and I can confidently say they are all completely useless. Bitcoin and nostr are all we need. And maybe named data networking, but that involves new hardware too

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Tim Bouma 6mo ago

Yeah, that’s my conclusion, too. We tried to use ‘blockchain’ for ‘verifiable data registries’ - it kinda worked but a database was more efficient. Then Nostr came along…

arkinox 6mo ago

I like nostr because it supports:

- OpenTimestamps for bitcoin-based timestamping

- Hash chains for arbitrary linked verifiable data

- BLOSSOM - content-addressed data storage

All without the blockchain BS

hodlbod 6mo ago

A friend of mine convinced me of the utility of altcoin NFTs recently. Then again, it was in the context of implementing swaps to arbitrage exchange rates between different shitcoins...

arkinox 6mo ago

bro listen to yourself

hodlbod 6mo ago

I am, I am

vinney...axkl 6mo ago

All we're missing is a peer-to-peer cloud of personal servers that provide content-addressable data and code (these should ideally be the same thing).

My previous company was supposed to provide this but... well it's complicated. I'm hoping nostr:npub16lqexwgfr35g5qsxaq0gzapja0xvr8sltmwzuaea4ve3d39k8chsyvqkaj actually ends up solving this in 5-10 years!