alt Hacker NewsScientific publishing is one of the very few legit use cases for block-chains imo.
But magnet links and the BitTorrent mainline hash-table are a better DOI than DOI.
Scientific publishing is one of the very few legit use cases for block-chains imo.
But magnet links and the BitTorrent mainline hash-table are a better DOI than DOI.
DOIs exist so they can be human readable and simultaneously indicate the source and veracity of it. They’re somewhat gated as well which serves a function.