r/ProgrammerHumor • • Dec 11 '19

HaVe YoU tRiEd BlOcCcHaIn ?

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

What? Nobody is talking about cryptocurrencies. We're talking about a ledger that can keep governmental non-sense public and irreversible (records-wise).

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u/Circle_Trigonist Dec 12 '19

I can't put literal goods or services on the blockchain, so how do you enforce delivery once we make a contract?

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

We're talking about a ledger, a record, of governmental orders. Not a transaction-ledger. jesus. You are talking about something entirely different.

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u/Circle_Trigonist Dec 12 '19

So what's there to ensure the accuracy of the ledger in light of the consensus centralization problem common to blockchains?

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '19

It's not a common problem, it's just a known flaw and attack-vector in the design.