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A little bit ago some asked a question about why the hate of the blockchain, and that got me thinking if there even was a legitimate use case where the blockchain would be beneficial, but I couldn’t think of one outside maybe some sort of decentralized bank, but before I knew I was thinking it would instantly turn into some crypto scheme and strapped it, because crypto currencies are a scam on every level – and no they aren’t private or secret as some think either.
So I wanted to ask the community. Instead of using the blockchain for crypto, is there a better use where the blockchain could benefit society?
I’m going to say “no”, at least in the practical sense.
Before “AI” was the current hype, there was an equally annoying “Blockchain all the things” hype (and associated cryptobros partially fueling it). Aside from the various crypto scams, I’m not entirely sure if/where it found its niche. The fact that everything today isn’t running on blockchain like the hype of yesteryear predicted is pretty solid evidence that it wasn’t all that it was cracked up to be.