lampohu

  I believe in blockchain, but it's dumb to think it's the only tool we need. Blockchain doesn't solve problems that already exist. It doesn't solve the global problem of needing security for digital things. It doesn't solve the problem of a lack of legal certainty over who owns and who can sell digital things. It doesn't solve the problem of a lack of a way of verifying who has the right to do something with a digital thing. Blockchain doesn't solve the tricky problem of verifying who owns digital rights in a world where people can donate things to others, or where rights can be assigned to things. Blockchain isn't the tool we need. We need history, we need trust, we need law, we need property, and we also need a way to verify that something really happened. Blockchain gives us our rights. But it's up to society to give us security, law, property, and history. One thing that blockchain does well is verify ownership. So it's a good way to make di...