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by aaron-lebo 3076 days ago
Statements like this sound so religious.

The blockchain is a human construct, entirely dependent on human inputs, outputs, and interpretation to have any meaning at all. As long as that's the case (and if it isn't, then it's not useful to society), it has the exact same weaknesses.

It's entirely possible if not probable given enough time and enough tries at it, someone is going to find a really useful application for it. But it's hard to take statements like "catalyst for social change" seriously when its sole contribution to this point has been a new form of gambling. There's a big disconnect between what the technology is supposed to do and what's actually happening.