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Re:You Do Not Need Blockchain: Popular Use Cases and Why The... by SilasX on Friday February 22, 2019 @02:26PM (#19228289)
It was responding to:

>when you can't use contracts and the legal system to ensure trust between the parties

If a threat to sue over the violation of small amounts is not credible, the court system doesn't help.

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Re:You Do Not Need Blockchain: Popular Use Cases and Why The... by JamesBarney on Friday February 22, 2019 @07:50PM (#19230741)
Oh no I get that, sorry I guess I was more looking for an example where this would be really useful.

Like a certain business model that currently runs into large issues because of the costs of litigating small transactions, and would be improved through block chain.

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