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The GDPR gives you this out for that[1]:

    "the personal data are no longer necessary in relation to the
    purposes for which they were collected or otherwise processed"
The data you submitted to a blockchain database is inherently needed forever for it to function, so I think there's zero chance that this will be interpreted as to make Blockchains illegal.

What might happen is that this in combination with the "Conditions for consent"[1] will force people who ship blockchain software to have prominent warnings saying that you're about to ship data that'll be public forever.

1. https://gdpr-info.eu/art-17-gdpr/

2. https://gdpr-info.eu/art-7-gdpr/



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