DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 days agoHypothetically, if you have memory problems and need to write down events, is there a system which you can verify that its not tampered with? (Like a digital checksum, but for a journal)message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up165arrow-down10
arrow-up165arrow-down1message-squareHypothetically, if you have memory problems and need to write down events, is there a system which you can verify that its not tampered with? (Like a digital checksum, but for a journal)DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 9 days agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·9 days agoSounds like a use for the environmentally destructive technology known as blockchain.
minus-squareDeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoBut how do you know that you entered an entry into the blockchain, and not someone else?
minus-squarekata1yst@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 days agoUse of a private key. Similarly, why not put your journals into a lockbox? Very old school, but exactly what your grandparents did with their checkbooks and ledgers for the same reason.
Sounds like a use for the environmentally destructive technology known as blockchain.
But how do you know that you entered an entry into the blockchain, and not someone else?
Use of a private key.
Similarly, why not put your journals into a lockbox? Very old school, but exactly what your grandparents did with their checkbooks and ledgers for the same reason.