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Submission + - Blockchain, the amazing solution for almost nothing.

Submitted by leathered on Saturday August 22, 2020 @08:32AM

leathered writes: Blockchain technology has been hyped ever since the creation of Bitcoin in 2008, and despite some evangelists claiming that it can solve a multitude of the world's problems, adoption outside of cryptocurrencies has been almost non-existent. The Correspondent explores the reasons for the non-adoption of Blockchain.
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"Blockchain technology is going to change everything: the shipping industry, the financial system, government in fact, what won’t it change? But enthusiasm for it mainly stems from a lack of knowledge and understanding. The blockchain is a solution in search of a problem."

Comment Re:The first...? (Score 1) 158

by gardencityboy on Tuesday August 11, 2009 @12:43PM (#29025179) Attached to: First Internet-Connected Pacemaker Goes Live

Reuters says it is the first American but Yahoo! changed it to a World first.

http://blogs.bmj.com/case-reports/2009/08/11/first-internet-connected-pacemaker/

Comment Re:Really the first? ... historical-pedantry-dept. (Score 1) 158

by gardencityboy on Tuesday August 11, 2009 @12:28PM (#29024973) Attached to: First Internet-Connected Pacemaker Goes Live

Nope just checked. The Germans did it years ago. http://europace.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/10/2/164 Are Reuters the best placed to judge medical firsts?

Comment Really the first? ... historical-pedantry-dept. (Score 1) 158

by gardencityboy on Tuesday August 11, 2009 @12:11PM (#29024757) Attached to: First Internet-Connected Pacemaker Goes Live

See a lot of these "first" medical procedures usually originating in some press release from a clinic specialising in that particular area of treatment -- and wanting to promote their groundbreaking techniques. But are they the first?

At BMJ Case Reports we published a case of a web-connected implantable cardioverter defibrillator detecting digoxin toxicity a few months ago. An implantable cardioverter defibrillator is not a pacemaker of course but usually includes a quite sophisticated one along with the ability to do the DC shock.

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