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I conjecture that blockchain only solves peer-to-Peter digital currency, I.e Bitcoin. I conjecture it has no business solution about supply chains or tracking b
by Moodles 8y ago
I conjecture that blockchain only solves peer-to-Peter digital currency, I.e Bitcoin. I conjecture it has no business solution about supply chains or tracking bananas or weed or porn any other nonsense. Almost invariably, a central authority actually exists and is hidden behind buzzwords, or its a bad version of Git.
- man-and-laptop 8y agoNot that I approve this usage, but why not weed?
- Moodles 8y agoExplain to me why you need a blockchain for anything to do with weed (and not bananas)?
- man-and-laptop 8y agoDecentralised marketplace, maybe? Open-source, trustless. So people can't scam you. Not saying that blockchain is a good way to do this: For instance, privacy would be a major red-flag, as well as the question of who's going to do the mining. [edit] Just found this: https://openbazaar.org/ https://openbazaar.org/ Doesn't appear to use its own blockchain. Does use cryptocurrency though, for largely privacy and anti-censorship reasons. Uses multisig capabilities in Bitcoin to enable escrow/chargeback. As to why you wouldn't do the same thing for bananas: Weed is illegal, so any business selling weed is in danger of being shut down. Something decentralised is more immune to getting shutdown. Compare Napster (centralised) to BitTorrent (decentralised).
- Moodles 8y agoAs I said: > I conjecture that blockchain only solves peer-to-[peer] digital currency You kinda just described something like Silk Road right?
- trevelyan 8y agoLook into Saito. Universal broadcast PKI networks are useful for more than just money.
- Moodles 8y ago"look into it" how?