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As soon as blockchain is even mentioned on HN, everyone loses their freaking minds. For some people that tout themselves as intellectuals, they just seem to par
by magnamerc 7y ago
As soon as blockchain is even mentioned on HN, everyone loses their freaking minds. For some people that tout themselves as intellectuals, they just seem to parrot that 'blockchains are useless' without even taking a cursory look into the technology. It seems to me that a lot of people here fall into the category of ultracrepidarianism.
- rimliu 7y agoI'd argue that the usefulness of something is defined by what it can do, not the technologies used to implement it.
- briatx 7y agoOr maybe after much research and some testing they conclude (correctly) that "blockchain is useless."
- magnamerc 7y agoIf that were true, then they would come to a different conclusion. There are several examples of useful applications that are live today that would be otherwise impossible without a public programmable blockchain.