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Runs 2017-09-24 16:20:07 

Technology and cryptocurrency. Will we be going this route in the future? Any thoughts on it? Pros and Cons.

 
pelon 2017-09-24 16:38:06 

In reply to Runs

I posted on this topic ... right here on cc.com in February: LINK

cryptocurrency is the wild wild west...

 
Runs 2017-09-24 16:42:50 

In reply to pelon

Interesting, thanks.
I like blockchain in the sense that it is like an online general ledger. Strengths are its large capacity for data storage and accuracy. Vulnerabilities, can it be hacked into and data manipulated, where is it stored? Any back-ups? I will admit I am in the preK stage with this stuff, but am hungry for knowledge.

 
steveo 2017-09-25 07:56:56 

In reply to Runs

Strengths are its large capacity for data storage and accuracy. Vulnerabilities, can it be hacked into and data manipulated, where is it stored? Any back-ups? I will admit I am in the preK stage with this stuff, but am hungry for knowledge.


You need to check the wiki article on block chains. I am a techie and I have not fully digested block chains and its implications.

However those questions are not really applicable to block chain, its not a storage bin, its really a methodology of having secure, traceable transactions based on irrefutable mathematics. Its strength is based on the fact that the maths cannot be hacked or fooled (never say never).