DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agoHypothetically, if you have memory problems and need to write down events, is there a system which you can verify that its not tampered with? (Like a digital checksum, but for a journal)message-squaremessage-square38linkfedilinkarrow-up176
arrow-up176message-squareHypothetically, if you have memory problems and need to write down events, is there a system which you can verify that its not tampered with? (Like a digital checksum, but for a journal)DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square38linkfedilink
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoSounds like a use for the environmentally destructive technology known as blockchain.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoProof of work destroys environment, not blockchain
minus-squareDeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoBut how do you know that you entered an entry into the blockchain, and not someone else?
minus-squarekata1yst@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoUse of a private key. Similarly, why not put your journals into a lockbox? Very old school, but exactly what your grandparents did with their checkbooks and ledgers for the same reason.
Sounds like a use for the environmentally destructive technology known as blockchain.
Proof of work destroys environment, not blockchain
But how do you know that you entered an entry into the blockchain, and not someone else?
Use of a private key.
Similarly, why not put your journals into a lockbox? Very old school, but exactly what your grandparents did with their checkbooks and ledgers for the same reason.