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That's the extreme end of things. It's like saying that no application can ever be decentralized because developers are involved. If you're looking for a perfect system then blockchain doesn't make sense. But in that case the internet doesn't make sense either and we should all go back to pen and paper.

There is the ChainLink project that aims to solve the problem of centralized Oracles.

The early pioneers of LSD believed in ego death and yet had huge egos that only got bigger with successive doses.

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How do you enrich rice?

It forces arbitration with the business in the case of a dispute. Wouldn't payment processors and businesses want that?

No chargebacks?

I've heard libraries referred to as a "controlled mold situation." How can it be high tech?

I haven't heard of that as a best practice. In my English class in high school they only mentioned to keep it consistent. The preference should be given to the writer. Both men and women have contributed to society so their pronouns can safety be used in written text.

I'm really skeptical that it's accurate even now.

Why would Tesla share valuable training data with Ford?

The redditors in /r/machinelearning have shot this idea down many times. A few common arguments:

1) It costs more and isn't as performant as tuned machines. 2) The training data is very valuable and shouldn't be shared on a blockchain and restricted to a closed network.

Maybe there is one advantage though. Crypto people have bought up all the GPU's.

That's a big issue in rural areas with microwave links. Everyone who has one of these links is limited by bandwidth and they all want to watch Netflix.

How about the Amazon of reviews?

> The ELPH token is used in conjunction with the Elph Protocol to approve and rank dApps in the dApp store.

It looks like the system can be gamed for profit.

The smart contracts have to be in someone's control. It's better if they aren't controlled by the house though. Check out FunFair.

Would you agree that this is a harder problem than say casino and gambling on the blockchain? There are great use cases for improving trust with smart contracts and ledgers that prevent the house from cheating or running off with the money.

Check out the book The Billionaire's Vinegar by Benjamin Wallace if you're interested in learning the background on why blockchain technology won't solve these kind of problems. Hardy Rodenstock fooled the foremost wine expert in the world.

How is that ironic?

I wonder if Tim Draper will invest in her new startup. If not, it signals some duplicity.

Some companies want consumers to use cryptocurrencies to avoid dealing with payment processors. It seems strange to involve credit cards with cryptocurrency. A wire transfer to Gemini is fast and easy.

What would the value add be of getting the money faster or with less stress vs. the value add talked about in the article? I'm thinking that perhaps security tokens may change the dynamic in the future because they allow a founder to raise seed money faster with less unfavorable conditions.

If a drug patent hasn't passed phase 3 trials isn't it just an idea?

Aren't drugs patents ideas and not implementations?

Nice idea! It reminds me of Sublime.

Maybe it is the correct solution?

There are quite a few local businesses near me that prefer to take cash. They say it's because of the credit card fees. Maybe it's because they don't want records that the IRS can subpoena at some point?

A distributed ledger is hardly anonymous.