News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Medical records on the blockchain – the history of a bad idea. Parent comment

Re:Medical records on the blockchain – the history of a bad ... by Avshalom on Thursday April 25, 2019 @09:54PM (#19754184)
unless you can spend the bitcoin, raw, then you now have two intermediaries: the currency-bitcoin on your end and the bitcoin-currency on the other end.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Medical records on the blockchain – the history of a bad ... by darawk on Thursday April 25, 2019 @10:00PM (#19754210)
You can spend bitcoin. With regards to the two-intermediaries point though, that can be preferable to the one in some situations (e.g. international remittance).
[ Parent | on HN ]