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The following things can both be true: - a technology that solves coordination among untrusted parties can be useful - the early usecases for blockchains are
by chizhik-pyzhik 5y ago
The following things can both be true:
- a technology that solves coordination among untrusted parties can be useful
- the early usecases for blockchains are mostly profiteering and rent-seeking
- acjohnson55 5y agoThe problem is we may have already seen all of the most interesting applications, and they're just not that impressive. Almost everything that's gotten any amount of buzz in the smart contract blockchain world was predicted in the Ethereum whitepaper. It may have just been a remarkably impressive dredging of nearly everything of value in a small pond.
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