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Re:Microsoft is shutting down its Azure Blockchain Service by SideburnsOfDoom on Thursday May 13, 2021 @10:12AM (#27142288)
> That's why it's slow and expensive to trade across borders, ... document fraud

Would you say that blockchains make this faster, cheaper and less prone to fraud?

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Re:Microsoft is shutting down its Azure Blockchain Service by picardo on Thursday May 13, 2021 @12:29PM (#27144089)
Sure. Here is a story from 4 years ago. [1] Barclays says blockchain cut this process from 10 days to 4 hours.

[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-banks-barclays-blockchain...

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Re:Microsoft is shutting down its Azure Blockchain Service by SideburnsOfDoom on Thursday May 13, 2021 @01:29PM (#27144815)
I don't see a lot of news on that since 2016. Are they still using it?
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