Child abuse images hidden in crypto-currency block chain
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#3So is it going to be illegal to have the full blockchain data? That could prevent a lot of miners from operating
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#4So, possession of the Bitcoin blockchain is now illegal, according to the laws of most developed countries.
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#5Possession of this type of image is a federal crime in the US.[1] When I took a digital forensics course about five years ago, we were told that if we ever discovered any on a system we were investigating, it needed to be reported to the FBI immediately or we could also be charged.
If someone does this in a way that goes unnoticed, and it's discovered after long enough that rolling back is impractical, does that effectively kill the blockchain where the data is embedded, at least as far as the US and countries with similar laws are concerned?
[1] https://www.justice.gov/criminal-ceos/citizens-guide-us-fede...
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#6The inevitability of "defacing" the blockchain was discussed back in May 2017 as well: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14434786
Global public blockchains are too tempting a target for that type of thing. It will interesting to see how this plays out and whether government agencies respond (or ignore it).
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#7So, the easiest for the government to destroy blockchain is to supplant their own illegal images onto the blockchain themselves...
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#8> He said there was "ongoing research" to find ways to remove such content from block chains but these were "not yet mature".
Either you have centralization, which nobody wants, or you have a bot that everyone agrees on to censor things, and people will will always find ways around bots. Are there really any other alternatives?
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#9People were worried about this in 2011. I haven't heard of any doors getting kicked for having a copy of the blockchain.
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#10So, possession of the Bitcoin blockchain is now illegal, according to the laws of most developed countries.
This is "Bitcoin Satoshi Vision", which is completely different and appears from a quick Google search to be completely irrelevant.