• hddsx@lemmy.ca
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      What does blockchain solve that existing contracts don’t do? Blockchain has takeover possibility

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        Honestly I don’t know. I’m just pointing out the only thing that kind of sort of sounded like a good idea for it I’ve ever heard. For pictures it’s stupid that’s for sure

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          It’s not a picture though. It’s a link to a picture on a server somewhere. If the host goes down, you own nothing.

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            The technology behind it can be used for things other than pictures. That’s kind of the point people are making

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              Right, and my original question was what does the technology solve? And so far the answer appears to be nothing

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      Yea the idea there is that with it being decentralized, it has an unedited history. So if each block added to the chain is a new transaction, you can see previous agreements. Being decentralized also means that it’s public record and everyone can see the contract/agreement/transaction.

      There’s a lot of neat stuff that can be done, but as the other guy stated, it’s a solution looking for a problem.