"Distributed" doesn't need blockchain. That's just your stupid weak-ass excuse for monetization.
Do better.
@suetanvil @thegibson y'all read @cwebber's very excellent Beyond the shouting match: what is a blockchain, really?
@meena @suetanvil @TheGibson glad you liked it :)
@meena @suetanvil @TheGibson Here's a thread of it! (Accidentally in two pieces):
https://octodon.social/@cwebber/107492636810769669
https://octodon.social/@cwebber/107492641623642005
@thegibson it doesn't even seem to be doing particularly good as a way to get paid
Unless you're selling shovels.
@TheGibson IMO if you’re serious about decentralisation you need to solve the problem of profit incentive first. Blockchains are largely being used by capitalists to colonise decentralised technology spaces. They are very much the wolf in sheep’s clothing.
@grimmware @thegibson They're also being used for software version control systems :-) So one could argue that commercial services like github are making money from blockchain ...
@yojimbo @TheGibson touché. *Immutable* blockchains then ;)
In all seriousness though, I guess the term “blockchain” has become synonymous with “blockchain but with computers guessing at hashes in order to introduce the randomness needed by a speculative futures market” and that says something in of itself.
I remember when my parents told me that gambling was stupid but here we are operating the world entirely on it.
@TheGibson
"distributed" == "blockchain" is one of those lies the blockchain finance industry keeps pushing as a way to keep the waters muddy.