[Cryptography] Decentralized, global, irreversible, transaction database...

[Greg]

On Dec 20, 2013, at 5:48 PM, Robert Christian <robertjchristian at gmail.com> wrote:

> “It also might be possible to refactor and restructure Bitcoin to separate
> out the key new idea, a decentralized, global, irreversible transaction
> database."
> 
> 
> This was referred to sometime back in 2008, shortly after Satoshi announced the first release of BitCoin.  Is anyone aware if this is being worked on?
> 

Yes, exactly this is being discussed in this list, in the thread: "DNSNMC deprecates Certificate Authorities and fixes HTTPS security"

http://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2013-December/018993.html

Cheers,
Greg

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