Blockchain is a technology for a federated validation of transactions be it bitcoin, contracts, purchases of energy. Crypto-currencies have so far proven to be too volatile to be meaningful and is currently only useful for speculators. Puerto Rico is vulnerable and desperate. No central bank worthy of good governance would go with something like bitcoin.

On Feb 5, 2018 3:36 AM, "Kevin Shockey" <shockeyk@gmail.com> wrote:

If you need something to cleanse your information palette...

Blockchain and crypto-currency is super hot here, read this it's very entertaining: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/02/technology/cryptocurrency-puerto-rico.html.

This is relevant for us because, if there are are technologists that can help me, they will be attending the explosion of Meetups taking place. Plus, I skimmed an article that mentioned using block-chains for energy, instead of a currency it entitles the bearer to actual energy. I haven't checked, but it makes sense too for Internet, the implications are a little scary.

Any way, back to the regular programming
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Kevin Shockey

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