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None of those are true when someone is selling physical products either. Cryptography at least gives us a chance to verify someone's claims.


Indeed they are not true, but physical selling typically doesn't pretend it is.

> Cryptography at least gives us a chance to verify someone's claims.

Has it a better track record at doing so that e.g. a notary?


It gives you a distraction from the real work they described. You still need to do all of that work, so at best the blockchain is redundant.




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