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Title: Building a blockchain solely to encrypt names - is it possible? Post by: NeoMA on June 28, 2018, 12:14:26 PM Hello together,
I hope this is the right subcategory and this question is not too stupid. Background is that I would like to build a small blockchain after reading this post: https://hackernoon.com/learn-blockchains-by-building-one-117428612f46 I have limited coding knowledge and I´m currently doing a python beginner course. Therefore I wanted to ask, simply as a nice gimmick, if it is possible to build a blockchain (application) which has the sole purpose of encrypting and decrypting names, phrases, etc.? Why would somebody want to do this you might ask? On the one hand because I see if a person with limited programming knowledge can succeed in creating such a system. On the other hand because I think it could be a cool gimmick for people to introduce them to the blockchain environment. I know this might seem a bit an odd question, but are there any technical barriers that I should be aware of? Would it also be possible to host this blockchain solution on a homepage so everyone could access it? Sort of a replication of this homepage: http://md5decrypt.net/en/Sha1/ I know that probably I wouldn´t even need a blockchain for it, but it would be great to combine these two things! Thanks a lot in advance! Title: Re: Building a blockchain solely to encrypt names - is it possible? Post by: Kakmakr on June 28, 2018, 12:57:59 PM The strength of a Blockchain is in the amount of people running full nodes and supporting it. A lot of people are running their own forks or
Alt coins with their own Blockchain. If you can think of a better use case for your Blockchain, then people will support it. You should also learn how to use some C++ / Go / Java / Python / Ruby to create some Alt coins. A Blockchain to keep track of voting will be more than welcome. ;) <include some Smart contracts> ;D Title: Re: Building a blockchain solely to encrypt names - is it possible? Post by: odolvlobo on June 29, 2018, 02:42:58 PM I don't understand your question. A blockchain is a database. It holds information. It doesn't make sense to use a blockchain for encrypting information. Why would you need a blockchain for that?
Maybe you could explain why you want to encrypt names and what you would do with the encrypted names. Title: Re: Building a blockchain solely to encrypt names - is it possible? Post by: pebwindkraft on June 29, 2018, 05:49:44 PM I don't understand your question. A blockchain is a database. It holds information. It doesn't make sense to use a blockchain for encrypting information. Why would you need a blockchain for that? Because it is sexy to start with the two most complex topics in computer world: cryptography and blockchain technology. :DMaybe you could explain why you want to encrypt names and what you would do with the encrypted names. Artificial intelligence is just a combination of many (very fast) “what-if” connections. This is really lame.But with Crypto and blockchain: one could go to all the friends and say “look what I have done”, and maybe have all the girls in your lambo? Going into s.th. like a “play” mode (or for learning purposes) must not reveal anything useful. Too many inventions were found by accident (or in play mode, because it is fun - look at Crypto kitties on Ethereum - what would be the answers, if someone asked at the beginning, if implementing a Darwin model for virtual kitties on a payment/smart contacts platform makes sense?) Probably OP’s idea involves a deep learning curve, but as it is not about money, we can strike out two years of intense data security knowledge. |