While I really like the idea behind news on the block chain, I would ask you reconsider and maybe instead work it into the wallet. For the same reason we don't want Orphan Letter's in the chain four years from now, we won't want most news more than 10 days from now. Utilizing the block chain for data of temporal interest just doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Technical documents and the like, yes, but what modestly newsworthy event happened, not so much.
That did get me thinking, if there might be a way to tweak the wallet/core so that it would have a few fields (much like the prayer request field) that would be alterable.
One would be a Pool Indicator. Basically a text indication of if you were solo or pool mining, and ideally what pool you were on if mining.
Second would be a Pool Message. That would enable the pool to tell users this pool will be making Core 1.0.x.x mandatory in "y" days, or that the fee structure is changing or you need to write a letter to avoid a fee. That sort of thing.
Third would be a Coin Message. That would enable communication to the user base without having to rely on the forums. Things like, the newest version is 1.0.x.x, upgrade soon.
I think blockchain news, regardless of how old it is, is quite an awesome idea, one that adds value to BiblePay.
Anyone who opposes the idea is more than welcome create a sanctuary vote with a full proposal on either enhancing the feature or changing the feature or even removing the feature. Thats the beauty of sanctuaries, you will have an equal amount of weight to voice your opinion among the rest of the community.
As far as more pie in the sky features, Ill see what I can do to get this slack group jump started so you will have someone to address these issues with.
The idea is above and beyond awesome. It's just as the news climate changes, you risk a lot of wasted space on the block chain that is basically storing news no one will care about in 4 weeks, or conversely, if it IS so newsworthy as to be valuable indefinitely, then it will be omnipresent on the web.
Instead, think about this. Right now the KJV in English is part of the overall coin. What if the block chain stored not only technical documents but also other public domain versions of the Bible in multiple languages. Then, by merely downloading the block chain, a person could reach out to almost any nationality, group or language because they'd have multiple versions of the Bible in nearly every conceivable language. While it's not quite as glamorous as "live news', the value is far more significant in an immutable block chain.
Blockchain news can still exist (and would make more sense to exist) on the main pool, accessible through a function in the Core. One compromise would be that maybe the headlines would be stored on the block chain and the body would be on the web. Because the sad reality is if the pool dies (and by pool I really mean more the Core functions that are in the current pool, such as Orphan reports et al.), most likely the coin dies, so losing the news off the web wouldn't be significantly different than losing it because the coin died.