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A little bit ago some asked a question about why the hate of the blockchain, and that got me thinking if there even was a legitimate use case where the blockchain would be beneficial, but I couldn’t think of one outside maybe some sort of decentralized bank, but before I knew I was thinking it would instantly turn into some crypto scheme and strapped it, because crypto currencies are a scam on every level – and no they aren’t private or secret as some think either.

So I wanted to ask the community. Instead of using the blockchain for crypto, is there a better use where the blockchain could benefit society?

  • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz
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    21 hours ago

    I know several privacy focused apps use it for syncing data between multiple clients. For example Google Chrome syncs user data to your Google account, but Brave browser syncs user data using block chain.

    I don’t know if it’s actually the best way to do that, but it’s an option.

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      18 hours ago

      Are you sure it actually syncs using a blockchain?

      EDIT: It seems to be a modified version of Chrome sync with E2EE.