[koonsolo]

You can do all those things without a blockchain. It's just more practical using a blockchain.

I used to survive without a cellphone. It wasn't hard. You just called your friends when you and they were at home.

[lottin]

> It's just more practical using a blockchain.

The popularity of centralised exchanges vis-a-vis blockchain wallets suggests the opposite is true.

[koonsolo]

Here lies the problem: you live in the present, I live in the future. And right now, I don't see any reason why that can't be fixed in the future.

[lottin]

You said blockchains are more practical, in the present tense. The evidence strongly suggests that's not true. And there are plenty of reasons to think they will continue to be impractical in the future.

[koonsolo]

There is also no central winery exchange system.

[dmitriid]

> It's just more practical using a blockchain.

In which shape, way, or form is it more practical with a blockchain?

[rgallagher27]

Are you saying it's not more practical for me to pay $100 for a bottle of wine that will be made sometime in the future plus $60 in transition fees!?