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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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