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by discombobulate 3232 days ago
I just reread the root comment:

> Are there any concrete uses of a blockchain that have clear advantages than to using a standard database other than cryptocurrencies?

Seems you're refuting something no one said, as far as I can tell.

Edit:

> Digital identity is a cryptographic thing and a distributed thing

How is it distributed? I assumed it was some company's servers -- maybe in multiple data centres around the world. But nothing like 24k nodes (& possibly more in the future).

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Edit (reply to your edit):

I think the claim is that the identity system will be more resilient, not that it will be easier to implement. Censorship resistance.

I'd imagine it'll be harder to implement & cost more. A trade-off.

Which is along the lines of what I originally asked,

> Is Keybase resilient against the country's government in which it resides?

You said that gpg was. But didn't mention the computers. I asked about the servers & the ppl. (We didn't talk about the team).

The need wasn't specified. I'm presuming it's censorship resistance. Governments can't meddle with identities. Wipe someone off the face of the earth.