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0 pointsvasilipupkin8y ago0 comments

In my opinion, the ICO is the blockchain killer app. You don't really need a distributed ledger except in case of digital currencies, which can be used to facilitate transactions in specific apps

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random0239878y ago

> In my opinion, the ICO is the blockchain killer app.

There are so many examples, from Canadian Tire Money https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Tire_money to Microsoft Points https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Points showing you can create private currencies granting the bearer certain privileges without a blockchain.

vasilipupkinOP8y ago

Airline miles, etc. Of course, you can. It's not that you can't do it, it's that blockchain makes creation of such currencies easier.

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random0239878y ago

> In my opinion, the ICO is the blockchain killer app.

vasilipupkinOP8y ago

Airline miles, etc. Of course, you can. It's not that you can't do it, it's that blockchain makes creation of such currencies easier.

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