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Re:“In 2018 the blockchain/decentralization story fell apart” by Tesl on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @06:40PM (#18803136)
It is not reasonable to compare Blockchain versus TCP. Only advocates do this because despite Blockchain technology being completely useless, it's a simple line that excuses all lack of progress / usecases, whilst simultaneously implying it will still take over the world.

It's a dishonest line to come out with and people on Hacker News should know better.

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Re:“In 2018 the blockchain/decentralization story fell apart” by bb88 on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @11:22PM (#18804162)
I think if you go over my comment history, you'll not find me a fan of cryptocurrencies nor blockchains.

I'm partial to this comment I made recently.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18538733

The point wasn't to defend bitcoin and blockchain, but just the opposite, to point out how immature the technology is to something vastly simpler, moving data from point A to B on the internet. And TCP took years to get right.

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