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RE: Censoring visibility is not removing from blockchain, my thoughts

in #palnet • 5 years ago

hi @spirajn

Affortunately, this blockchain only saves text data, and the pictures it shows are hosted in other services, not in the blockchain itself.

i didn't know that. Where are all those pictures being stored if not on blockchain ?

This is insane. So steem is only partly decentralized?

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Piotr

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     5 years ago 

    Exactly. It's like @djennyfloro says. If we copy the link of the picture above, we can see this:

    https://steemitimages.com/0x0/https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/djennyfloro/NmxUuriN-falloxbow-1058032-639x266.jpg

    So, when we upload a picture in Steemit, it is saved in the servers of steemitimages.com, in files.steempeak.com or any other front-end. The Steem blockchain only saves that link to the image.

    Yes, it is partly decentralized. When those servers fall down, your pictures disappear.

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     5 years ago 

    Hi @crypto.piotr,

    If you look at how it is when you insert a photo, you see that it's an external link in bb code. Where the photo is stored is clearly identified by the full link to the photo.

    It's never been hidden, and as spirajn just mentionned above, it might just be a blessing in disguise in case there's problem with the photo such a pedophilia, or illegal pornography.