Hello,

I have been researching about blockchains and stuff and it all seems like a big scam. It’s not sustainable and can be replaced by a simple database.

is there any legitimate use cases of blockchains or it is all just a big scam?

  • JumpyWombat@lemmy.ml
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    It’s also a problem of ownership. For exchanges between banks, a blockchain is better because no bank would be the owner of the database.

    Plus it’s safer because altering a database is usually trivial while altering a blockchain is virtually impossible.

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      If you have multiple banks, you can have multiple copies of the same database. If any one bank modifies their copy, it is obvious who modified it and what was changed. No blockchain needed.

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        Everything is possible, but it would be a much more complex solution than running a blockchain that is designed for that use case.