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[–] Petter1@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Well, it would be a way for government to gain trust again through proofed transparency after they fucked up. Given the people under that government understand how blockchains work, I guess

[–] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But either the government blockchain can get forked/modified by people with enough resources, in which case it's not reliable, or it is certifiably controlled by the government in which case there's no point to it being blockchain.

[–] Petter1@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Only if you make a system with POW and miners. With a DAG it should be possible to create a network where for example every person that issues a transaction (saving stuff into chain) validates two or more previous transactions on their device (or node if you run your own) using either PoW or PoS depending on what you want to achieve.

[–] capital@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't think I understand the use case you just described. Can you explain further?

[–] Petter1@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Like a way to make whole democratic government digital to achieve a more efficient political system. In my country we have a democracy but it is sooo slow, every decision needs years and like a ton of paper, which seems not very sustainable to me.