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Re:Introducing A16Z Crypto by endlessvoid94 on Monday June 25, 2018 @07:22PM (#17396664)
Such as?
Re:Introducing A16Z Crypto by vntok on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @04:34AM (#17398809)
I gave you a few specific examples earlier in the thread:

- Art transactions: registry of origin and property transfers for any object (with authenticated certificate), currently done by lawyers & auction houses (costly, inefficient, painful, near-impossible in some cases involving war/expropriation because records were destroyed at some point)

- International shipping: INCOTERMS, currently handled through various specialized intermediaries (costly, inefficient, painful)

- Registry of operations over the life of a company (creation/address change/acquisitions/foreclosure), currently done by national commerce courts & accredited local newspapers (costly, inefficient, painful)

- Wills: self-authentication of one's will preventing repudiation attempts by third parties, currently done by lawyers and witnesses (costly, inefficient, painful)

- Escrow accounts for service providers (ex freelancers) through multisig wallets, currently done by intermediary platforms (costly, inefficient)

Re:Introducing A16Z Crypto by 0x006A on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @07:37AM (#17399662)
how would any of those problems be solved with a blockchain? you are taking about real world things and actors that need to be matched to something on a blockchain. don't see how you get around that part and that is the costly, inefficient and painful one. not the ledger.