THEY SAY THAT THE SYSTEM BASED ON BITCOIN CONTAINS CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

THEY SAY THAT THE SYSTEM BASED ON BITCOIN CONTAINS CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

An investigation of a German university affirms that Blockchain is contaminated with eight pornographic files

The Blockchain technology is the backbone of bitcoin. Each person who exchanges this cryptocurrency, must have downloaded an updated copy of said system (also called block chain), which verifies its authenticity and prevents its falsification. According to experts, it is a revolutionary technology whose applications can go beyond the use of this currency.

Returning to bitcoin, we were already accustomed to their fabulous revalorizations, and also their punctual falls in value, startled us continuously. But what we did not expect is the discovery made by a team from the University of Aachen, in Aachen, Germany.

The researchers claim that Blockchain is contaminated with 1,600 files that have nothing to do with the cryptocurrency, eight of which have pornographic content, and one of them of child pornography. And, of course, there is also the necessary code to convert said content into visible images.

The authors of the study wonder if this finding will affect the use of bitcoin. Why? Because almost all countries prohibit the possession of child pornography, the authorities now face the paradox that all bitcoin users would have an arcivo with such content on their computers, without knowing it (admitting that the finding is authentic, and the authors of the study they have not made any mistake). What will happen next? What measures will be taken to eliminate that content? We will be tempted to it.

Of course, this discovery does not question the potential applications that Blockchain technology can have, but it does warn about the need to continue improving the security of the same.

Source. IFL Science

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