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by laserbeam 1317 days ago
_sigh_... If you have a good problem to apply blockchain to, just do it. Make a startup.

If you want us to come up with problems for you to apply blockchain to, just stop. Find problems and apply whatever solution you need for them.

This applies for any single piece of technology one may want to use. The act of reaching out to the community looking for problems and suggesting you want to use hammers is, to me, a sign that company vision is muddy and unclear.

[edit] This is in no way an endorsement of blockchain, especially how it's used today.
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rvz 1317 days ago
> _sigh_... If you have a good problem to apply blockchain to, just do it. Make a startup.

There already is one similar to LibreOffice and it is called Skiff [0] which is open-source and has E2EE and signs, verifies documents, mail, etc using ENS addresses [1] (for the Ethereum blockchain) and others. Much more useable than 'LibreOffice Online' which that is still a giant hack, and has little to no real-time collaboration support.

LibreOffice really is sinking into irrelevancy as online alternatives have already eaten their lunch.

[0] https://skiff.com

[1] https://ens.domains

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bombcar 1317 days ago
The best use of blockchain is separating people from their money, especially powerful against Venture Capitalists for awhile.
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