Re:How Blockchain Works
by Moodles on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @10:37AM
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You are trying to solve a problem with a blockchain that does not exist. Also, exactly how does your blockchain even know "this yacht now belongs to this person"?
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Re:How Blockchain Works
by the_snooze on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @10:50AM
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Exactly. How does the real world's state get accurately put into a blockchain? My big beef with all the blockchain hype is that this doesn't seem to be addressed. They say "trustless" and "secure" and "transparent" all the time, but those assurances only exist within the very limited confines of the data structure itself. As soon as you hook it into real-world data, then those assurances only guarantee that fraud is accurately carried out.
It doesn't. You go to court like normal people.
How is this not a problem if the court system is filled to the brim with situation that could have been solved with smart contracts in place.
As for the yacht it's easy, the ownership is transfered from your address to the buyers address on the government's blockchain. :)
hey everyone lets record every transaction from everyone on a big government database so we can solve trade disputes if someone steals my yacht and crashes it.
Re:How Blockchain Works
by the_snooze on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @11:19AM
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Let's say I'm the buyer and this happens. There's now a record on the government blockchain that says I own a yacht. Does that mean I physically have possession of the yacht now? How do we assure that what's in the blockchain is an accurate reflection of who actually has physical possession of the boat?