1. What would your node do if there is more than one chain? (I see you mention it as planned for the future, but I'm curious how you will solve this)
“How will you solve this?”
The question isn’t how I will solve it — it’s how we will, together, as the community evolves and embraces the concept.
In this early stage (v0.1), Bicle operates locally — each node maintains its own immutable ledger (blocks.json).
There’s no global consensus mechanism yet, which means temporary forks are natural — even desirable for experimentation.
Future versions (v0.2–v1.x) will introduce a proof-of-curation model:
Multiple nodes will be able to publish blocks independently
The network will converge on the most credible chain, based on:
Source diversity
Human validation
Timestamp consistency
Reputation of the node
Instead of computational consensus (like Bitcoin), Bicle will evolve toward social consensus — reputation-based, distributed, and auditable.
Each fork represents an alternate view of reality, later merged or weighted according to credibility metrics.
2. What happens if someone mines into a block a news story that they fabricated?
It’s impossible to fake without being seen.
Each news item generates a unique iHash. Once recorded, it becomes part of the permanent ledger.
If someone includes fabricated content, that act itself is visible forever.
This transparency allows future curators and nodes to flag it as disputed — without rewriting history.
Bicle acts as a timestamping layer for information: it proves when and what was published.
The truth layer emerges later, through community validation and cross-verification across independent nodes.
3. What happens if the same block has two news stories that contradict each other?
Contradictions are expected — and valuable.
Reality is multi-sourced and often conflicting.
Bicle’s goal is not to decide which is true, but to preserve every narrative immutably.
Over time (v0.3+), a reputation and weighting system will measure how often each source contradicts verified data.
Instead of censoring, Bicle contextualizes contradictions — allowing journalists, researchers, and historians to trace the evolution of narratives over time.
Bitcoin protects value from inflation. Bicle protects information from manipulation.
The entire structure of Bicle — from hashing to chained blocks — is inspired by Bitcoin.
But instead of consensus through computation, Bicle seeks consensus through verification and information.
blocks.json).There’s no global consensus mechanism yet, which means temporary forks are natural — even desirable for experimentation.
Each fork represents an alternate view of reality, later merged or weighted according to credibility metrics.
Each news item generates a unique
iHash. Once recorded, it becomes part of the permanent ledger.This transparency allows future curators and nodes to flag it as disputed — without rewriting history.
The truth layer emerges later, through community validation and cross-verification across independent nodes.
Reality is multi-sourced and often conflicting.
Bicle’s goal is not to decide which is true, but to preserve every narrative immutably.
Instead of censoring, Bicle contextualizes contradictions — allowing journalists, researchers, and historians to trace the evolution of narratives over time.
Bicle protects information from manipulation.
But instead of consensus through computation, Bicle seeks consensus through verification and information.