You surely saw the same dudes who sold anything as "Internet of things" a couple of years ago selling the same black boxes as "blockchain" now. I expect these black boxes to be labeled as "enhanced by artificial intelligence" by mid 2019 :D
Vito 2018-04-27 20:05 GMT+02:00 David Gerard <[email protected]>: > 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> > _______________________________________________ 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>
