Quote from: TheArchaeologist on June 16, 2020, 08:46:14 PM

Do you have any idea what it would cost to store even a simple .jpg picture on the bitcoin blockchain?

Typically I would expect people to store small text files, not jpegs, because they cost too much. If somebody wants to put a small image of their new born baby or a recently lost loved one, I would expect it. But such an image could cost $10 or more so market dynamics will decide

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Also, what if that picture would show unwanted/illegal stuff?
It would mean all full nodes in the entire world would now store this unwanted/illegal stuff.

There already is illegal images on the bitcoin BTC blockchain, so you're hosting them on your node. I don't expect this to become the de-facto method by which sickos distribute their sick images. It makes no sense economically and the blockchain makes it easy for them to get caught, so I don't expect this to be a problem.

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You are having an idea for a standard for something that is not wanted in any way on the bitcoin blockchain.

Not wanted by you, maybe. Do you speak for the entire community? I'm sure many people would welcome a way to store small, critical pieces of data, safe in the knowledge that the data can never be lost and they can access it any time in the future.

This is not just about private individuals storing their favourite cat pictures though, you need to think bigger. How about law firms storing important legal information? Think bigger.

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The moment it would become a standard I would for sure turn off my node.

I don't give a flying fuck

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I can't imagine any other public blockchain would ever try to accomplish this.

Bitcoin SV are very bullish on this idea and are already doing it.

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You want to store/exhcange files use usenet/torrent or whatever.

Usenet is 90's tech. Torrents are 00's tech and also outdated. Torrents are great for sharing transient data but if you want persistence torrents are useless. Your response is not just condecending, but shows up your mental laziness.

This is not the use case I'm discussing.

Ok that's my last post in this thread. Mod, can you please lock/delete this thread ? I'm clearly wasting my time.