On 27 April 2018 at 17:21, geni <[email protected]> wrote: > Not really. At best you end up with a less efficient version of a > downloadable database. People claiming that "blockchain technology" is > useful for things are either cyptocurrency advocates (with the usual > conflicts of interest) or third parties trying to be nice to them.
seconded. Actual blockchain expert here! As in, I wrote a book about it that's sold well and the BBC calls me an expert now. Just for readers of this list, as copyright holder I hereby grant you permission to download this copy: http://libgen.io/book/index.php?md5=41A766EE9752E757169A46C936C2EC17 (like I could stop anyone anyway) tl;dr "blockchain" anything is a boondoggle at best and horribly damaging at worst, and you really don't want to go near this actively terrible rubbish. - d. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
