Blockchain's killer app is bitcoin, the rest is mostly 'pure marketing', says MaidSafe's David Irvine

John Leonard
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Blockchains are not suited to many of the data security purposes being put forward for them

Blockchain is great at one thing: creating an incorruptible record of digital transactions. Pushed beyond these limited capabilities it will inevitably disappoint, says David Irvine, CEO of decentr...

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