You surely saw the same dudes who sold anything as "Internet of things" a couple of years ago selling the same black boxes as "blockchain" now. I expect these black boxes to be labeled as "enhanced by artificial intelligence" by mid 2019 :D
Vito
2018-04-27 20:05 GMT+02:00 David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com:
On 27 April 2018 at 17:21, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
Not really. At best you end up with a less efficient version of a downloadable database. People claiming that "blockchain technology" is useful for things are either cyptocurrency advocates (with the usual conflicts of interest) or third parties trying to be nice to them.
seconded. Actual blockchain expert here! As in, I wrote a book about it that's sold well and the BBC calls me an expert now.
Just for readers of this list, as copyright holder I hereby grant you permission to download this copy:
http://libgen.io/book/index.php?md5=41A766EE9752E757169A46C936C2EC17
(like I could stop anyone anyway)
tl;dr "blockchain" anything is a boondoggle at best and horribly damaging at worst, and you really don't want to go near this actively terrible rubbish.
- d.
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