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California's age verification law is proving controversial — here's what you need to know, and why some Linux distros are in the firing line (www.techradar.com)

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[–] Willoughby@piefed.world -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Did... d-did we just accidentally find an actual valid usecase for blockchain technology?

oh, nvm then

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 1 points 1 day ago

Blockchain has some useful ideas, but it also has some ideas that fail my test. For starters the personevouching age needs to be identifiable so they face liability if a kid is found with an adult id. Real cryptographers will have a lot of work needed to get the idea workable.