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Re:Blockchain’s Hype Is Dying According to Corporate America... by gamblor956 on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @02:42PM (#18453156)
Stock trades are already decentralized. You can trade AAPL stock derivatives directly without using a blockhain or a stock exchange, so the blockchain part hasn't added anything useful to the transaction.
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Re:Blockchain’s Hype Is Dying According to Corporate America... by gibsons77 on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @03:03PM (#18453317)
That's just simply not true. Stock markets / futures markets are not decentralized in any sense of the word. You still require a 3rd party if you're going to trade derivatives over the counter.
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Re:Blockchain’s Hype Is Dying According to Corporate America... by jsutton on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @03:26PM (#18453534)
Tell us how you can trade stock derivatives without a intermediary like a broker.
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Re:Blockchain’s Hype Is Dying According to Corporate America... by gamblor956 on Thursday November 15, 2018 @11:51AM (#18460846)
It's called OTC trading. It's been a thing for more than a century.

Blockchain trading is simply a dark pool with less protections, and dark pools have also been a thing in finance for decades.

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