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As a developer I've had many people reach out to me on how they can "bring their business to the blockchain". It's a stretch for most of them but there seems to
by everdev 9y ago
As a developer I've had many people reach out to me on how they can "bring their business to the blockchain". It's a stretch for most of them but there seems to be some fever among non-technical CEOs that they need to ride this wave.
- stevenwoo 9y agoWhen I hear this my eyes roll back so far in my head they come back around.
- notyourwork 9y agoWhy? Its a new technology, people (who are unable to understand or grasp technology are curious) want to get involved with it. Mobile phones, computers, lots of things fell into this category at some point. You should pardon their ignorance.
- sremani 9y agoIf you replace "blockchain" with "database" and the application still makes sense, then you should not do "blockchain", at least for now. Not all apps benefit by being on blockchain, on the contrary they are needlessly complicated. There is a reason Netflix does not use torrents, centralized systems are efficient. Unless the application demands "trustless", no point touching it.
- notyourwork 9y agoYou are missing my point entirely.
- michaelchisari 9y agoSpeaking from experience, decentralization is not a feature. There are very few situations where decentralization provides free features and advantages over centralization. Contrastingly, decentralization is an extremely complicated way of achieving your goal, and anyone who is building an application should be 100% honest with themselves about whether it truly needs to be decentralized. Especially when that decentralization is both technological and political, both of which have their own unique difficulties.
- notyourwork 9y agoYou are missing my point entirely.
- michaelchisari 9y agoPerhaps your point is poorly made.
- owebmaster 9y agoHalf of the message is made of your pre-conceptions.
- notyourwork 9y agoI was trying to indicate that people who don't understand technology want to adopt new technology and be part of the newest trends. Their lack of understanding means they think they need an axe when a butter knife might suffice. Instead of technologically literate individuals being ignorant towards a lack of comprehension we should treat this as an opportunity to educate them. Why would I want to use blockchain, why would I not want to use it? Its condescending to expect everyone to understanding technology.
- dang 9y agoMaybe so, but could you please not post unsubstantive comment here? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newswelcome.html