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If [[blockchain]] itself is to all intents a bust — beyond the sovereign wallet (and, ahhh, discretely financing drug trafficking and terrorism) no-one has come up with a plausible use case yet, in ten years of trying — then combining it with the boneheaded [[rentier]] carry-on of [[software as a service]] is ''essence'' of extra-virgin, first-pressing snake oil. | If [[blockchain]] itself is to all intents a bust — beyond the sovereign wallet (and, ahhh, discretely financing drug trafficking and terrorism) no-one has come up with a plausible use case yet, in ten years of trying — then combining it with the boneheaded [[rentier]] carry-on of [[software as a service]] is ''essence'' of extra-virgin, first-pressing snake oil. | ||
Yet the airwaves are full of it. So, what do you call someone who (1) wants to re-intermediate a technology whose sole apparent benefit is ''dis''intermediating, and (2) who doesn't trust [[Clearstream]] or Visa, but is prepared to trust a couple of guys in Bulgaria who met on 4chan? | Yet the airwaves are full of it<ref>{{Google|blockchain-as-a-service}}.</ref> So, what do you call someone who (1) wants to re-intermediate a technology whose sole apparent benefit is ''dis''intermediating, and (2) who doesn't trust [[Clearstream]] or Visa, but is prepared to trust a couple of guys in Bulgaria who met on 4chan? | ||
Hopefully not "your Chief Technology Officer". | Hopefully not "your [[Chief Technology Officer]]". | ||
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*[[Snake oil]] | *[[Snake oil]] | ||
*[[Rent seeking]] | |||