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by BerislavLopac 2977 days ago
Imagine opening a mobile app, ordering a cup of coffee to a nearest Starbucks, having your transaction confirmed in matters of seconds and only then walking into a Starbucks where your cup is waiting for you.

You can do that right now, with no blockchain in sight.
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mgkimsal 2977 days ago
What is more... interesting(?) - is that starbucks might have reason to use blockchain tech for non-public systems (info sharing with suppliers/vendors/etc, currency exchange between countries, etc) but it would be completely independent of any public use of blockchain, and we'd never know (or need to know, or care).
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Scarblac 2977 days ago
For info sharing with suppliers etc, you have systems with trust. Calling each other's APIs with authentication credentials. Old solutions are much better than blockchains there.
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mgkimsal 2977 days ago
I don't disagree entirely. I think there may be some ... I don't want to say completely 'new' benefit to blockchain in this respect, but as it's explored more, there may be some other benefits which go beyond current approaches to info sharing/trust.

I suspect it will end up being more like 'nosql' - appropriate as an adjunct tech to deal with specific use cases, vs a foundational mindset to build everything on top of. But... that's just my own half-coffeed-this-morning thoughts...

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