wrote: > Timestamping ("proof of existence") doesn't need a coin at all. Just colle= ct=20 > all the hashes you need timestamped into a PoE merkle tree and add that to= the=20 > merged mining MT. It's pretty simple and straightforward, just needs someo= ne=20 > to implement it. >=20 > On Saturday, June 15, 2013 12:09:09 AM Dennison Bertram wrote: >> Have your seen 'proof of existence'? It's basically a bitcoin notary >> service that proves a document existed before it gets inserted into the >> blockchain. While a good idea- you could argue that it's blockchain spam >> as well- especially if one were to adapt it to high volumes in the future= >> for notarizing permanently things like tweets (for example) or combining >> it with something like colored coins. These are great ideas, but maybe >> better suited to a proto bitcoin without needing to fashion a brand new >> coin. --Apple-Mail-5FB12426-CC06-420B-90B2-323A19E150F4 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

That is true, but someone is already running it as a service on the blo= ckchain itself. See:

https://www.proofofexistence.com= /

You can imagine similar services cropping up for t= hings like torrents, sending btc tweets, etc. While I am not saying these th= ings are particularly refined ideas in and of themselves, people should have= an opportunity to play with them, and better testnet.

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On Jun 15, 201= 3, at 3:57 AM, "Luke-Jr" <luke@dashjr.= org> wrote:

Timestamping ("proof of existence") does= n't need a coin at all. Just collect
all the hashes you nee= d timestamped into a PoE merkle tree and add that to the
me= rged mining MT. It's pretty simple and straightforward, just needs someone <= /span>
to implement it.

On Saturda= y, June 15, 2013 12:09:09 AM Dennison Bertram wrote:
Have your seen 'proof of existence'? It's basically a bit= coin notary
service t= hat proves a document existed before it gets inserted into the
blockchain. While a good idea- you= could argue that it's blockchain spam
as well- especially if one were to adapt it to high volume= s in the future
for n= otarizing permanently things like tweets (for example) or combining
it with something like colore= d coins. These are great ideas, but maybe
better suited to a proto bitcoin without needing to fas= hion a brand new
coin= .

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