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I am saddened about the baggage that blockchain technologies hold in less technical circles now. They’re not just for cryptocurrencies. My grandfather hears “b
by TheNewsIsHere 4y ago
I am saddened about the baggage that blockchain technologies hold in less technical circles now. They’re not just for cryptocurrencies.
My grandfather hears “blockchain” and he assumes he is looking at a crypto scam.
- krisoft 4y ago> My grandfather hears “blockchain” and he assumes he is looking at a crypto scam. As a first approximation he sounds like a wise man. > They’re not just for cryptocurrencies. Please tell me about the other use cases.
- stephc_int13 4y agoYour grandfather is not that dumb.
- jasonwatkinspdx 4y agoMerkle trees and consensus algorithms predate "blockchain." So far blockchain has very little to offer other than solutions to Sybil attacks that so far are net negative in externalities.
- TheNewsIsHere 4y agoYou are absolutely right! It’s accurate to say blockchains are a synthesis of other technologies, and solve for particular, narrow use cases. That is useful, but not as generally useful as cryptocurrency advocates want you to believe.