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by Analemma_ 507 days ago
Actual businesses don’t need any trustless, decentralized storage solution, because they already heavily rely on the state monopoly on violence and state recognization of the “business” as an entity in order to function. They gain nothing from using a blockchain ledger instead of a trusted source enforced by laws and contracts.
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By using a blockchain ledger, you move source of truth to a private group of people who are the best at leveraging money to buy ASICs/GPUs and run the technical infrastructure.

Ironically, where you had 1 person = 1 vote (democracy), now this system favors the ultra-rich.

And it is presented as decentralized / free, but in reality, control is in the handful of very rich people.

No surprise that Trump, Musk and others are promoting it.

Of all blockchains that have any current relevance, only Bitcoin runs on ASIC/GPU - all the rest are staked rather than mined.