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Re:Is Web3 Bullshit? by JohnFen on Sunday December 05, 2021 @09:27AM (#29449446)
> But blockchains do introduce a technical capability that never existed before: shared, “trustless” access to and control over data.

But that's not a new capability. You can do that with existing tech. At most, it seems to me, what blockchains introduce is convenience, but it comes with a pretty heavy cost in terms of computational resources.

Re:Is Web3 Bullshit? by dbmikus on Sunday December 05, 2021 @01:47PM (#29451720)
pBFT research existed since the 90s, but I'm not sure if they had good leader election mechanisms or an incentive to participate as a node.
Re:Is Web3 Bullshit? by legutierr on Sunday December 05, 2021 @11:11AM (#29450293)
Ok, I’ll bite. What existing tool does this?