It’s not still the early days of blockchain

Re:It’s not still the early days of blockchain by chucke on Saturday January 15, 2022 @09:57AM (#29946783)

Blockhains can be as simple as an API. See the 7 layer stack in the Nexus blockchain (you definitely don't need to go smart contract all the time).

I think the author exaggerates a bit the tone. Sure, 10 years is a lot of Internet time. But the steam engine took 50 years to become viable. Then the industrial revolution was a period of 80 years. Put that into perspective.

I guess, by speculative, you mean the cryptocurrency craze.and I can agree is a speculative bubble, an MLM scheme. But then you also have https://cyber.ee/resources/news/digital-identity-and-blockch... . You'll soon have CDBCs. And when it's here, you'll barely remember what this conversation.

Your bitcoin might be worthless by then.

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Re:It’s not still the early days of blockchain by wayoutthere on Saturday January 15, 2022 @10:39AM (#29947139)

I’ve done some work in the supply chain space around blockchain; the problem is that in many industries there is already an oligopoly of 2 or 3 companies that control things. They have no incentive to give up any amount of control; instead preferring to lock their customers in to their products and platforms. Governments are the same in an international sense.

The technical problems are solvable. The political ones are not.

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