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comment by rustyshackleford
rustyshackleford  ·  1254 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Blockchain, the amazing solution for almost nothing

My position on blockchain hasn't changed, but I'm willing to put this thread to sleep. I still have yet to hear any argument in this discussion that makes the compelling argument that blockchain is the only, or in many cases best, solution to the problem. You've described a ton of problems that can be solved with better record-keeping or by enforcing existing laws, but nothing that doesn't already have answers, and in many of your examples, implementing a blockchain-based solution would introduce new issues that would then require new solutions. Nobody is saying that blockchain doesn't work for the purpose of storing data, only that in most cases, it's neither the only nor best answer.