There are uses for ‘blockchain’ based systems, for instance git uses what is effectively a blockchain to store commits. The big difference is, rather than using proof-of-work or proof-of-funds to maintain consistently, if you break the upstream repository ‘Mad’ Dave over there, who is trying to push his changes before the weekend will beat you with an Ethernet cable until you regret your ways.
great for buying fake passports
No use case? Someone clearly hasn’t bought their drugs online.
What are you on about? Accelerating global warming so that I can own a reference to a hyperlink to a JPG of a monkey wearing a top hat is absolutely a fantastic use case for blockchain!
You are welcome :)
But surely this is good for Bitcoin?
It is always unclear
Why would you want blockchain for making illegal purchases? Crypto makes sense as a non fiat currency. But blockchain is an non alterable record.
The future will be on the blockchain, so there’s that.
The whole future you mean timechain?
Blockchain DNS seems like a good idea some days, but other days the entirety of the internet seems like a huge mistake.
There’s plenty of uses for blockchains, but it’s almost all about document validation and contract non-repudiation (boring bureaucratic things), not so much for commodities (“currency”) and copyright enforcement (NFTs).
There are uses for blockchain for internal company ledgers on a small scale. its just the standard style with crypto that is only useful for global warming.
Append only databases are pretty common thing , thats true. Never heard of internal enterprise blockchains though
