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adolph 4 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Every .gov Domain

otoh, a blockchain is also immutable unless you take out the entire thing, you can't just alter previous transactions without invalidating subsequent ones

mannyv 4 months ago [–]

You can't access the blockchain when the power + internet are gone.

adolph 4 months ago | [–]

Very true, and also true for the compared technology, csv. In a larger sense, the two are complementary and wouldn't be mutually exclusive.

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