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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Theoretically? Sure. But in reality, blockchain pushers are fanatics, scammers, or both, so no real organization should trust them.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IMO that's a pretty limiting perspective. The existence of a lot of noise around a technology isn't a great reason to take a hard stance against ever using it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you think you've found the one honest snake-oil salesman, you're almost certainly wrong. That's part of reality.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I can agree that it's a bad idea to trust a salesman trying to market a blockchain product or service, but part of the point of open standards and techniques is that you can evaluate them on their own merits and implement them without needing to trust anyone.