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by bpcrd 1544 days ago
There are advantages to both, as well as using existing blockchains (Ie. Bitcoin) to record small amounts of information via Merkle Trees.

Fun fact: The oldest blockchain pre-dates bitcoin....and started in the 1990's in the New York Times classified via a daily recorded hash value!

https://crypto.news/finding-the-oldest-blockchain-in-the-new...