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U.S. Government Starts Pushing Economic Data Onto Blockchains as 'Proof of Concept' (www.coindesk.com)
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The U.S. Department of Commerce said it issued its gross domestic product data via nine blockchains, including Bitcoin, Ethereum and other crypto-world pathways.

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[–] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 7 points 1 week ago

Bribing people with technologies that do nothing. Since cost and worth aren't really quantifiable with some of these technologies, all of these actions might as well be seen as just shallow bribes and favors to those in power.