Re: Blockchain

On Sat, Jun 30, 2018 at 03:59:29AM +0000, Karen Shaeffer wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 09:44:59PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 03:08:23PM -0700, Michael Eager wrote:
> > > On 06/29/2018 02:20 PM, Karen Shaeffer wrote:
> > > 
> > > > Hi Michael,
> > > > Your presentation is scattershot. 
> > > 
> > > I dunno.  There's nothing scattershot about saying that an argument 
> > > based on a foregone conclusion is circular.
> > 
> > 
> > Indeed. You might be interested in David Gerard's take:
> > 
> > https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2018/06/28/ibm-the-gdpr-and-blockchain-whatever-that-word-specifically-means/
> > 
> > And by all means, continue to ignore people who can't or won't
> > define their terms while urging you to get involved -- which
> > always seems to mean "give me money" in some form.
> > 
> > -dsr-
> 
> Hi Dan,
> Thanks for posting the link. Interesting. I like the comparison to Git.
> Even more telling, in my eyes, is this link
> 
> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/02/hyperledger_at_three/
> 
> In that review, the claim is blockchain will be at a healthy stable
> plateau in five to ten years. I think that is a little optimistic and
> wouldn't be surprised for it to take eight to fifteen years. Or maybe
> even a little longer. Look at the linux adoption curve. My understanding
> is Bharath Ramsunder is talking about maybe even twenty years out.
> 
> Even so, you look at the linux adoption curve. And early adopters were
> making a lot of money long before linux became a bloated everyday
> technology. It is very interesting to see all the major corporations
> diving into blockchain technologies as enthusiastic early adopters. And
> it just seems to smell of "The New Science of Radical Innovation" by
> Sunny Giles, who uses Google as the archetypical example.
> 
> I'm just starting to pay attention to blockchain myself. Just starting
> to watch it. So I don't care what happens to it at this point.

Hi folks,
All these projections about blockchain only show one thing. Nobody
really knows what will happen. For those who are interested, the Palo
Alto based startup

https://doc.ai/about

has blockchain baked into their business model. This company might
radically disrupt the medical industry. Depending how well they do, they
might impact the timeline and envelope of potential for blockchain
within the broader economy. So I'll be watching this startup and how
they do with the release of their ecosystem.

humbly,
Karen
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