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		bawolff 88 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Keeping the Internet fast and secure: introducing ... Has the day finally arrived where "blockchain technology" is actually useful for something? (I know its controversial what a blockchain even is, but this seems sufficiently close to how cryptocurrencies work to count)

snowwrestler 88 days ago | [–]

It’s probably more accurate to say that cryptocurrencies and this approach to TLS certs share common ancestors.

layer8 88 days ago | [–]

Merkle trees have been used in the cryptographic archiving space for a long time (see RFC 4998 for example), they don’t equate to blockchains.

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