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Re:Prototype of clinical trials in an untrustworthy environm... by ska on Saturday June 15, 2019 @12:26PM (#20190709)
relabeling everything "blockchain", especially things with lots of established use before the existence of blockchains doesn't seem to have an real value outside of marketing obfuscation, at least to me.
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Re:Prototype of clinical trials in an untrustworthy environm... by FreakLegion on Saturday June 15, 2019 @04:39PM (#20192004)
Block chaining -- that specific wording, used in cryptography -- has been around for almost 50 years and is widely known. It's not relabeling and it's not going away.
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