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Re:Blockchain-Based Gold Settlement Is Coming to London by brighton36 on Saturday October 01, 2016 @02:19PM (#12619161)
Why is this interesting? What is the net efficiency being achieved here? Will this gold be cheaper due to reduced settlement costs, or is blockchain just the buzzword du jour that increases your VC funding.
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Re:Blockchain-Based Gold Settlement Is Coming to London by jgalt212 on Saturday October 01, 2016 @04:59PM (#12619841)
From my dabblings the in the fintech space, it certainly seems that if you're trying to sell a ledger a service these days and you don't use Blockchain, you will not get funding and/or any press mentions.
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Re:Blockchain-Based Gold Settlement Is Coming to London by elcct on Saturday October 01, 2016 @03:51PM (#12619602)
I think this is the latter, but would be great if someone could shed some light. I saw a surge of companies not necessarily known for having interest in Blockchain hiring people having related knowledge.
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