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by idiotsecant 591 days ago
Almost every technology buzzword is based on something interesting and useful that then gets used in as many unsuitable applications as possible.
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I really like idea of blockchains and think it's a pretty clean and clever solution for many problems outside of crypto.
Like what?
Anything requiring keeping an immutable track of provenance, for instance.
How's that not crypto? Such a network needs to be run and achieve consensus, right? How's that work without the crypto part? It seems like what you're describing is Ethereum.