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===Is it — you know ...?=== | ===Is it — you know ...?=== | ||
In a nutshell, yes. | [[Snake oil]]? In a nutshell, yes. | ||
You’ll see a lot of hyperbolic nonsense about [[blockchain]], and [https://hackernoon.com/ten-years-in-nobody-has-come-up-with-a-use-case-for-blockchain-ee98c180100 this Medium article by Kai Stinchcombe is a pretty good antidote]. | You’ll see a lot of hyperbolic nonsense about [[blockchain]], and [https://hackernoon.com/ten-years-in-nobody-has-come-up-with-a-use-case-for-blockchain-ee98c180100 this Medium article by Kai Stinchcombe is a pretty good antidote]. | ||
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*you’ve imported back in all the problems you thought you were trying to solve; and | *you’ve imported back in all the problems you thought you were trying to solve; and | ||
*existing systems already do all of this stuff more quickly, reliably, cheaply and at greater volume than a blockchain could reasonably handle. | *existing systems already do all of this stuff more quickly, reliably, cheaply and at greater volume than a blockchain could reasonably handle. | ||
The most fun and, frankly, brazen attempt to correct these shortcomings by undermining the whole idea completely is surely [[blockchain as a service]]. No, I'm not making that up. | |||
So — again, whither the use case, dudes? | So — again, whither the use case, dudes? | ||