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<blockquote data-quote="RealAlHazred" data-source="post: 8491210" data-attributes="member: 25818">Other than dodgy cryptocurrencies, every application I've seen for blockchain is mostly theoretical. Kickstarter is one of the more prominent platforms that has announced moving to blockchain. The problem I have is, many of the applications people have been talking about (&quot;secure data access tracking&quot; or &quot;payments tracking&quot;) have an inherent problem with anonymous blockchain. And if you de-anonymize a blockchain, well, the whole point of a public ledger is that all transactions are being broadcast to all users. Do you really want me checking up on your transactions? And if you keep it anonymized, how are you going to use it to create accountability?Because I'm one tiny guy in a society in the midst of capitalistic corporate collapse, and the only way I can make my voice heard is apparently with my wallet -- no other form of voting seems to be heard. So, I will use my one relevant metric to vote things to go the way I want them to. I've stopped visiting various convenient outlets because of things they did I disagree with, there are other fish in the sea, I'll manage with Kickstarter, too.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RealAlHazred, post: 8491210, member: 25818"] Other than dodgy cryptocurrencies, every application I've seen for blockchain is mostly theoretical. Kickstarter is one of the more prominent platforms that has announced moving to blockchain. The problem I have is, many of the applications people have been talking about ("secure data access tracking" or "payments tracking") have an inherent problem with anonymous blockchain. And if you de-anonymize a blockchain, well, the whole point of a public ledger is that all transactions are being broadcast to all users. Do you really want me checking up on your transactions? And if you keep it anonymized, how are you going to use it to create accountability? Because I'm one tiny guy in a society in the midst of capitalistic corporate collapse, and the only way I can make my voice heard is apparently with my wallet -- no other form of voting seems to be heard. So, I will use my one relevant metric to vote things to go the way I want them to. I've stopped visiting various convenient outlets because of things they did I disagree with, there are other fish in the sea, I'll manage with Kickstarter, too. [/QUOTE]

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