• mommykink@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Crypto =/= blockchain.

    If you can’t see the utility of blockchain with regards to things like actual, verifiable digital ownership, then I don’t know what to tell you.

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      9 months ago

      Digital ownership on one (1) blockchain. Not really that great when you put it like that. What makes one Blockchain more authoritative than another? Even in a closed system, if you think the admins of these chains don’t keep a kill switch in their back pocket specifically for their advantage in ownership conflicts then you should probably read about Ethereum Classic. Even if they don’t want to hard fork, if a chain is controlled entirely by a company, then they can edit it however they want regardless since it’s not really decentralized. The idea that Blockchains will empower the customer with digital ownership is silly to me.

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        Is a chain is controlled by a single entity then it’s not a blockchain, it’s a linked list with extra steps.

        The whole point of a blockchain is that it’s independently verifiable/validated by all its users. Anything else is a literal scam.

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      9 months ago

      I want to see what you mean in practical terms, because the only other example that I know besides questionable crypto currencies is NFTs and that was an epic lesson on what not to do. 😅

      • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        No, NFTs do have good uses, but things like image NFTs are just a misappropriation, like SPAM is to email.

        One use case, is clear, independently verifiable ownership of non-tangible things, like Intellectual Property rights. Movie rights for a book adaptation for instance moving between companies in IP sales and mergers/acquisitions.

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          9 months ago

          And it’s ALWAYS the same problem. You can have all the lists you want. A central authority has to recognize and enforce that list. At which point, the structure of your list is completely irrelevant. It could be ANY list. What matters is that it’s chosen to be enforced. And currently, most power structures are happy with plain old databases. Or pen and paper.

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      9 months ago

      How about first we see a version that isn’t a scam? We’ve seen plenty of scam versions so far.

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      9 months ago

      It’s no surprise you don’t know what to tell us. It’s hard to get a mark to buy into a scam once they’ve realized what is was.