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> Why does this need a blockchain? Fon/BT has been sharing residential WiFi for years without blockchain The difference is, as per the article, that the Japane

> Why does this need a blockchain? Fon/BT has been sharing residential WiFi for years without blockchain The difference is, as per the article, that the Japanese operator wants to re-imburse the WiFi hotspot subscriber. Something which is very much alien to BT's way of thinking. Of course, whether blockchain is the right way do implement that aspect is a different question, and in terms of implementation I would agree that blockchain is un-necessary. But you know, blockchain bandwagon .....

sekh60 4y ago
I really thought we all got off the blockchain bandwagon.
- traceroute66 4y ago
  So did I, so did I ... ;( I still have memories of people like lawyers desperately asking me how they could use blockchain in their practice.
  - bwesz 4y ago
    Chuck could have used the blockchain to store the Rosella Drive address so it couldn't be tampered with. (This is only half a joke.)
- EGreg 4y ago
  We did. Anything with blockchain in it is a scam. This year the bandwagon should be AI.
- creshal 4y ago
  Japan's lagging behind in technology hypes quite a lot.
OJFord 4y ago
I suppose for solving the chicken-egg (provider-subscriber) problem, being able to pre-sell the token at a discount or because people believe it will blow up and be a popular way of accessing the internet and highly in demand, it may irrationally be easier to convince the average person to subscribe to your centralised 'blockchain' than to your.. database. A ponzi's sexier than a pre-order.
TrapLord_Rhodo 4y ago
> I would agree that blockchain is un-necessary. Blockchain is an easier buzzword to convey than 'Distributed ledger'. Distributed ledgers long predate BTC, but it is one of the things that make a 'blockchain', a 'blockchain'. They don't require a system with it's own set of tokenomics, decentralization, Proof of work... it will be a centralized distributed ledger for managment and visibility of the network; i.g. a blockchain. the 'blockchain'

sekh60 4y ago

I really thought we all got off the blockchain bandwagon.

traceroute66 4y ago
So did I, so did I ... ;( I still have memories of people like lawyers desperately asking me how they could use blockchain in their practice.
- bwesz 4y ago
  Chuck could have used the blockchain to store the Rosella Drive address so it couldn't be tampered with. (This is only half a joke.)
EGreg 4y ago
We did. Anything with blockchain in it is a scam. This year the bandwagon should be AI.
creshal 4y ago
Japan's lagging behind in technology hypes quite a lot.

OJFord 4y ago

I suppose for solving the chicken-egg (provider-subscriber) problem, being able to pre-sell the token at a discount or because people believe it will blow up and be a popular way of accessing the internet and highly in demand, it may irrationally be easier to convince the average person to subscribe to your centralised 'blockchain' than to your.. database. A ponzi's sexier than a pre-order.

TrapLord_Rhodo 4y ago

> I would agree that blockchain is un-necessary. Blockchain is an easier buzzword to convey than 'Distributed ledger'. Distributed ledgers long predate BTC, but it is one of the things that make a 'blockchain', a 'blockchain'. They don't require a system with it's own set of tokenomics, decentralization, Proof of work... it will be a centralized distributed ledger for managment and visibility of the network; i.g. a blockchain. the 'blockchain'