You Do Not Need Blockchain: Popular Use Cases and Why They Do Not Work

Re:You Do Not Need Blockchain: Popular Use Cases and Why The... by oarabbus_ on Friday February 22, 2019 @02:03PM (#19228081)

>Guys, this works. It's literally how the world works.

There were people saying the same thing as you before the wheel was invented, and in 1550, and 1800, and 1900, and 1910 (guys, horses shit on the streets and you occasionally contract dysentary. But overwhelmingly you can get from point A to B. Guys, horse-drawn carriages work. It's how the world works!) and 1950 and 1990 and...

"This is how the world works" is not a valid rejection against using a _new_ technology.

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Re:You Do Not Need Blockchain: Popular Use Cases and Why The... by the_gastropod on Friday February 22, 2019 @02:48PM (#19228490)

Do you think 10 years after the wheel's invention, people were still unconvinced by it?

Bitcoin has been out since 2008. Over a decade later, the only thing it's been useful for is for masking illegal activity, and speculating wildly.

Just because something is new does not mean it's revolutionary. The Segway was in all likelihood a more revolutionary invention than blockchain will ever be.

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Re:You Do Not Need Blockchain: Popular Use Cases and Why The... by oarabbus_ on Monday February 25, 2019 @04:56PM (#19249849)

The computer was invented in the 30s, and the internet in the 80s. People remained "pretty unconvinced" by those technologies for quite a bit longer than 10 years.

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Re:You Do Not Need Blockchain: Popular Use Cases and Why The... by the_gastropod on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @10:47AM (#19255205)

Don't conflate "unconvinced" with "couldn't afford".

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