Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain

Re:Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain by ineedasername on Sunday December 24, 2017 @05:14AM (#15998908)

This is very interesting, could you elaborate on what you mean by information scarcity?

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Re:Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain by qubex on Sunday December 24, 2017 @05:17AM (#15998917)

I mean that once you have a token (coin) nobody else can use it.

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Re:Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain by nivertech on Sunday December 24, 2017 @05:25PM (#16001633)

wrong, anybody can fork it (assuming blockchain-based ledgers)

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Re:Ten years in, nobody has come up with a use for blockchain by qubex on Sunday December 24, 2017 @06:03PM (#16001764)

Are you arguing that if you unilaterally fork a cryptocurrency all transactions up until the fork remain valid? I ask because I’ve never thought about this.

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