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If your definition of "blockchain" is any distributed database with signed rows and a public read-only API, it's miles away from what Satoshi was talking about.
by hudon 9y ago
If your definition of "blockchain" is any distributed database with signed rows and a public read-only API, it's miles away from what Satoshi was talking about... Why don't you just call it a "distributed database with signed entries" or something.
- dilyevsky 9y agoor simply "git"
- majewsky 9y agoWhen meeting my company's Head of Blockchain (not sure if the pun is intended) a while ago, I asked him if git would qualify as blockchain technology. He replied that "blockchain is not a technology, It's a paradigm shift". Literally. That statement was so absurd I didn't even know what to say, so it worked out well for him.
- s73v3r_ 9y agoThat is exactly the kind of thing I would expect to hear from a "Head of Blockchain". Your company made a great hire, and they will clearly push the boundaries of marketing bullshit with regard to blockchain.
- radicalbyte 9y agoThis is exactly what's driving my skepticism. The people who I've met who are most vocal about "blockchain" are also the ones who know little to nothing about the algorithm itself (and algorithms in general).
- dilyevsky 9y agoI’m with on that but i feel like the punchline of that story should be “my company has a Head of Blockchain”.
- smacktoward 9y agoIn their defense, they tried the title "Blockhead" first but that didn't look as good on the résumé.
- darpa_escapee 9y agoPlease start a blog and write more about what goes on in this company.
- FireBeyond 9y agoWhenever I hear someone say that, I'm reminded of this Dilbert strip: http://dilbert.com/strip/1995-08-25 http://dilbert.com/strip/1995-08-25
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