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Re: Blockchain and Networking
From: "Jörg Kost" <jk () ip-clear de>
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2018 10:41:11 +0100
Hi,its not only about PKI. There are some currencies in the wild right now, that are more scalable than bitcoin and are made for the "ddos" world of IoT.
For example a possible BGP extension could use smart contracts to form and confirm peering and also handle the direct payment process to the upstreams. Things like the DirectCloud of DE-CIX could be replaced by a "BGP-Exchange", where "routers" can sell and order services on their own and on-demand, for example if the "router" needs suddenly more bits to AS$X on a cold winter night.
Also a "$IoT" device like a streaming dongle could order and pay by itself and may book the nearest data-"highway" for a PPV-event.
Jörg
On 2018-01-08 08:59, Peter Kristolaitis wrote:On 2018-01-08 12:52 AM, William Herrin wrote:I'm having trouble envisioning a scenario where blockchain does that anybetter than plain old PKI.Blockchain is great at proving chain of custody, but when do you need to dothat in computer networking? Regards, Bill Herrin
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