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Re:Ask HN: What are real-life useful use-cases for blockchai... by handmodel on Saturday October 24, 2020 @03:59PM (#24881580)
Call me cynical but I'm still confused by this.

If the issue is that people are taking cars for joyrides why not just have the car post a route file to a database or to its own computers of all the trips. Are auto suppliers really taking joyrides AND hacking into the computers? If you are capable enough to do that wouldn't it also stand to reason you'd be capable enough to disable any tracking units?

Re:Ask HN: What are real-life useful use-cases for blockchai... by sebmellen on Saturday October 24, 2020 @04:14PM (#24881654)
That sounds ridiculously impractical, and far more technologically complex and time-consuming than the solution we've built. You're free to compete with us though — I'd be interested to see how you manage the route files, how you make sure that the database is neutrally controlled, how you use the car computer to determine whether or not there's a dent in the car body...