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Re:What went wrong with Horizon: learning from the Post Offi... by xhkkffbf on Thursday January 04, 2024 @11:28AM (#38868921)
Some people like to say that there's no real world application for blockchain. It seems like this might be a good example of one. If they can't do atomicity right, force them to use the blockchain-level encoding of the transactions.
Re:What went wrong with Horizon: learning from the Post Offi... by gopher_space on Thursday January 04, 2024 @03:01PM (#38871512)
Blockchain doesn't solve this problem, it moves it to a different environment. Instead of paying your son to mow the lawn you've invented an army of tiny robots who trundle out and clip one individual blade of grass before reporting back home.
Re:What went wrong with Horizon: learning from the Post Offi... by xwolfi on Monday January 15, 2024 @12:38AM (#38997747)
What if the ingest system wrongly feeds your blockchain with faulty records? They are saved permanently, sure, but are they correct ?

It s like saying that because you kidnapped a bitcoin millionaire and took his key, the blockchain allowing you to claim his balance means that you are indeed the rightful owner of the funds. No, you're not.