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by sp527 3218 days ago
> Blockchain is there to replace tons of industries

Can you elaborate at all on what industries and how blockchain will supplant them? There's far too much handwaving in the mire of crypto-utopianism.

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Any model that involves counterparty risk can be disrupted by the blockchain. Custodians who hold on to stocks while trades are properly settled or the hold on that cheque you deposited in your bank account.