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> Blockchain is probably the most useless technology ever invented (unless you're a criminal or an influencer who makes ungodly amounts of money off of suckers)

> Blockchain is probably the most useless technology ever invented (unless you're a criminal or an influencer who makes ungodly amounts of money off of suckers) This is an incredibly uneducated take on multiple levels. If you're talking about Bitcoin specifically, even though you said "blockchain", I can understand this as a political talking about 8 years ago. But you're still banging this drum despite the current state of affairs? Why not have the courage to say you're politically against it or bitter or whatever your true underlying issue is?

snicky 1y ago
How is the current state of affairs different from 8 years ago? I don't want to argue, just a genuine question, because I don't follow much what's happening in the blockchain universum.
- Yiin 1y ago
  I often pay for freelance work using crypto because it's much easier than dealing with banking infra to send payments to dozen of different countries. Sure you lose safety bank provides, but so you do when using cash.
  - bloqs 1y ago
    so nothing has changed and blockchain is still a solution looking for a problem
cheema33 1y ago
I am in the camp that thinks that Blockchain is utterly useless for most people. Perhaps you can tell us about some very compelling use cases that have taken off.
- rabf 1y ago
  https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/nasdaq-makes-push-launch-trading-tokenized-securities-2025-09-08/ https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/nasdaq-makes-push-l... https://corporate.visa.com/en/solutions/crypto/stablecoins.html https://corporate.visa.com/en/solutions/crypto/stablecoins.h... https://www.barrons.com/articles/sofi-blockchain-money-transfer-4092d6c6 https://www.barrons.com/articles/sofi-blockchain-money-trans...
- ericfr11 1y ago
  Take a look at "agentic commerce": it is using AI agents + Blockchain for micro-payments: the future of payments
  - bloqs 1y ago
    could you please take a moment to explain what problem this actually solves with no marketing language please

snicky 1y ago

How is the current state of affairs different from 8 years ago? I don't want to argue, just a genuine question, because I don't follow much what's happening in the blockchain universum.

Yiin 1y ago
I often pay for freelance work using crypto because it's much easier than dealing with banking infra to send payments to dozen of different countries. Sure you lose safety bank provides, but so you do when using cash.
- bloqs 1y ago
  so nothing has changed and blockchain is still a solution looking for a problem

cheema33 1y ago

I am in the camp that thinks that Blockchain is utterly useless for most people. Perhaps you can tell us about some very compelling use cases that have taken off.

rabf 1y ago
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/nasdaq-makes-push-launch-trading-tokenized-securities-2025-09-08/ https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/nasdaq-makes-push-l... https://corporate.visa.com/en/solutions/crypto/stablecoins.html https://corporate.visa.com/en/solutions/crypto/stablecoins.h... https://www.barrons.com/articles/sofi-blockchain-money-transfer-4092d6c6 https://www.barrons.com/articles/sofi-blockchain-money-trans...
ericfr11 1y ago
Take a look at "agentic commerce": it is using AI agents + Blockchain for micro-payments: the future of payments
- bloqs 1y ago
  could you please take a moment to explain what problem this actually solves with no marketing language please