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> The smarter question to ask is what problems require a global append-only database with code execution capabilities Global financial systems? > how much val
by sshine 5y ago
> The smarter question to ask is what problems require a global append-only database with code execution capabilities
Global financial systems?
> how much value there is in that
Value is subjective.
> there has to be a really compelling answer to that question to be worth the extra cost and risk.
Somehow I sense that you're not compelled. That's okay.
- acdha 5y ago> > The smarter question to ask is what problems require a global append-only database with code execution capabilities > Global financial systems? Clearly not since those have functioned for centuries without one. You can argue it could be more efficient than the status quo but it can’t possibly be a requirement to use more compute capacity than the entire world had only a few years earlier. > Somehow I sense that you're not compelled. That's okay. Well, I do tend to require something in the way of evidence.