[PLUG] Schneier: Illegal Content and the Blockchain

[JP Vossen via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

Really interesting: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/03/illegal-content-and-the-blockchain.html

My question is why is arbitrary data in the Bitcoin blockchain in the first place?  Despite Eric's talk I know (or remember) next to nothing about it, but it seems like data in a ledger would be ledger-like data, and not arbitrary.

Later,
JP
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