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Re:Why “blockchain” is BS in 4 slides by dozzie on Sunday April 01, 2018 @05:17PM (#16730485)
I don't know a thing about poker, so I'll take it at a face value, but the spam prevention idea is bullshit. It's not new, it wasn't new even twenty years ago, from what I remember. It wouldn't fly back then, and nothing substantial changed since then.
Re:Why “blockchain” is BS in 4 slides by kthejoker2 on Sunday April 01, 2018 @05:34PM (#16730576)
Can you point me to some papers, books, etc to support this claim? Trying to understand the "block chain is BS" side of the argument, I'm fairly neutral but I rarely see any technical arguments against the concept.
Re:Why “blockchain” is BS in 4 slides by paulgb on Sunday April 01, 2018 @07:52PM (#16731248)
See Hashcash, which long predates the blockchain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashcash