HSBC to shift $20B worth of assets to blockchain-based Digital Vault

Re:HSBC to shift $20B worth of assets to blockchain-based Di... by simonebrunozzi on Friday November 29, 2019 @10:01AM (#21664751)

A database to digitize financial details, labeled a "blockchain" so people get more excited about it.

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Re:HSBC to shift $20B worth of assets to blockchain-based Di... by brighton36 on Friday November 29, 2019 @10:25AM (#21664889)

A blockchain is a database with virtue.

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Re:HSBC to shift $20B worth of assets to blockchain-based Di... by 0xname on Friday November 29, 2019 @12:58PM (#21665807)

A public blockchain (one where consensus is derived from the masses, or rather an abstraction of the masses like PoW) would have “virtue”, but obviously this has yet to be executed perfectly.

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Re:HSBC to shift $20B worth of assets to blockchain-based Di... by brighton36 on Sunday December 01, 2019 @06:35PM (#21678566)

Why?

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Re:HSBC to shift $20B worth of assets to blockchain-based Di... by paggle on Friday November 29, 2019 @09:07PM (#21668060)

Like a stock market is a trading bazaar with virtue.

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Re:HSBC to shift $20B worth of assets to blockchain-based Di... by SahAssar on Friday November 29, 2019 @10:55AM (#21665057)

How can a technology be virtuous?

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Re:HSBC to shift $20B worth of assets to blockchain-based Di... by brighton36 on Sunday December 01, 2019 @06:34PM (#21678564)

When its pitchman is charismatic.

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