>
>
> That article is technical nonsense. 'Blockchain' that has PoW consisting
> of 1.6 second of handset CPU is trivial to fake. And where is the
> consensus? Car does the same? Or is car running 500KW GPU cluster doing
> hash verified by ... who? Cheap PoW ("Proof of Work") is contradiction
> in terms.
>
> This is actually a good illustration of utter bullshit that passes for
> 'technology'.
>
>
I believe that this use of blockchain is simply as a secure protocol for
the internet-of-things – and for (future) autonomous driving. (It's that
potential external control of one's car – or whatever – that's spooky.)-- - *Anthony Stephenson* *http://anthonystephenson.org/* <http://anthonystephenson.org/>
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