lelbloster

huh?

you're missing the point here dude; me and the other guy are just saying that it's a similar situation:

> X brought Y together into a nice package that people could get behind and use even though there wasn't obvious inherent value to those who were using the Z beforehand

that applies to AOL and blockchain.

he means philosophically, not literally/technically

i actually think it's a pretty good simile

its bringing a new tech development to the masses in a very clunky way - just what AOL did.

> trusted Oracles

but why?! WHY?!

i thought the whole point of this blockchain stuff was that there was no trust in any one entity/group of entities (aside from the chain itself)

as soon as you have "blockchain plus a few trusted people", does that not completely undermine the whole idea?

why not just have a few trusted people?