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comment by goobster
goobster  ·  2263 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble

I'm still getting my head around the full magnitude of blockchain technology, but I have the feeling that science can benefit from it, as well.

Someone does basic science research. It is validated. This creates the first block in the blockchain.

Other experiments are built upon the same research, thereby building the blockchain of scientific validity.

It seems this would be an excellent application of the "contract-like" mechanism of the blockchain. Each scientific experiment is a clause in the "contract" that leads to the eventual scientific conclusion, like human-cause climate change.

You can't debunk it, because every block in the chain is validated.

I know there are holes in this thinking I know, but every scientific experiment is, in effect, a social contract: I have performed this experiment with diligence and here are the steps for how I did it so you can get the same results.

If someone who understands blockchains better than I do could help me get my head around this (veen, kleinbl00), I'd love to hear it.