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> They state the example that a bitcoin like blockchain isn't the right solution for distributed email? Well no shit? A few paragraphs before that they even say
by adrusi 12y ago
> They state the example that a bitcoin like blockchain isn't the right solution for distributed email? Well no shit? A few paragraphs before that they even say "blockchain is a distributed database", well you don't want a distributed database to deliver messages to individuals.
I think what they were going for was that the blockchain would act as a central point of organization for a distributed network of peers that are performing the actual task of sending messages.
You're right that the article led to no conclusion though. I felt like I hadn't consumed any content. But then I kind of expected that from an article like this on Techcrunch.