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I thought I was clear, but perhaps I can explain better: Blockchain is very often suggested as a solution to a social or ethical problem, absent any evidence that it can solve those problems (or can solve them better than existing law/contract/trust-based solutions). Kinda like religion.

Blockchain is real, in the same way any other algorithm or technology is. Saying it will solve people being jerks is superstition.




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