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by jstanley 3246 days ago
Those are properties of using cryptocurrency for payment, they're not properties of putting car charging on a blockchain.

I think that's what this project does, and the headline is simply misleading. It's not really "blockchain-enabled", it just uses Ethereum for payment.
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laydn 3246 days ago
When I read the headline, I immediately thought that it meant I could pay for charging with Bitcoin and/or Ethereum.

What else can be inferred from the headline? What would it mean to "put car charging on a blockchain"? Can you explain for the rest of us ?

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IanCal 3246 days ago
The bit that might take it further is

> the blockchain verifies how much the driver owes

Maybe there's something here where it's pulling external data (e.g. set price/unit or a trusted source that says how much was taken) to decide the price?

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