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Yes, You May Need a Blockchain

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Re: Yes, You May Need a Blockchain

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Public blockchains are massively multiclient, open state databases

Only 2 small, little problems.

1) Who needs this --- other than cryptocurrency?

2) Who pays the operating cost --- other than cryptocurrency?

Bottom line --- Blockchain is a solution tailored to a unique problem that only cryptocurrency has.

Re: Yes, You May Need a Blockchain

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> Originally appeared in Coindesk on May 14 2019 Blockchain Industrial Complex still trying. IBM decided they don't need a blockchain https://www.coindesk.com/ibm-blockchain-revenue-misses-job-c...

The fact that IBM failed to grasp this before jumping on the bandwagon does nothing but further erode confidence in IBM.