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Re:New Kid on the Blockchain by tlrobinson on Monday March 28, 2016 @09:27AM (#11374102)
Slock.it has a long way to go, but you could imagine tamper evident/resistant hardware where the integrity and origin can be externally validated.

You'd still need to trust the manufacturer, and that an entity with significant (nation-state? Fortune 50?) resources hasn't successfully tampered with it, but that's a lot easier than trusting the average owner of a lock.

Re:New Kid on the Blockchain by joosters on Monday March 28, 2016 @04:17PM (#11377043)
1) No, you can't. Besides, am I really going to get to examine this tamper-evident lock on the front door of your decentralised-Airbnb rental before paying for it? Not a chance.

2) Locks could be connected to the Internet without any messy block chains getting in the way. It would really on trust, but you wouldn't need any nation-states behind it. (You can also rent locks without internet connectivity at all and without blockchains, so Slock.it is really a double layer of wasted complexity)