Kinda wanna write "How to make a database better than a blockchain"

Simply make a database that is public and collectively owned with these properties:
1. Can't stop me from updating records that belong to me
2. It can't disappear or stop me from querying the latest verified state
3. It can't disagree with previous claims state
4. Robust against attackers who may have billions of dollars
(What else am I missing?)

As soon as we have this magic database, we don't need a blockchain anymore!

A doodler and computerer. I like permissive/permissionless open source, smart contracts, p2p systems, room-scale VR, and NixOS.

shazow.net

Currently: WhatsABI

But where is it hosted?  Checkmate centralists!

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If it has those properties, I don't care where it's hosted. 🙃

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Censorship resistance requires privacy.

I dunno, I'm fine with being open minded about someone coming up with something that we think is impossible today. I still want those properties tho!

If the answer of "where is it hosted" is well-defined, then these properties vanish 🙂