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AppearanceBoring9229@sh.itjust.works 1 week agoI dont see why it need blockchain unless it’s needed to keep a registry. Which for day to day communication I think it’s excessive
NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It’s because it can’t be taken down. What happens when they arrest everyone working at signal? When they arrest you for hosting a encrypted message relay?
That’s where language like this is headed.
Ethereum also recently introduced something called blobs, which is temporary data that lasts around 18 days. So it isn’t necessary stored forever if you wanted a not as permanent message. There are archives that will keep all that as well, but it’s not maintained on the regular chain.