Re: I just added use case documents to github repo

Also,
I think it is important to discuss where blockchain should not be used, as the benefit to cost ratio is not high enough.

But I agree blockchain technology should not be only seen as a solution to Fintech. We just finished ID2020 and the workshop that followed it where we talked about using blockchain for identity management.

We should actually probably simply have a session on exactly that - use cases for blockchain usage.

Have a good day
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> On May 26, 2016, at 8:01 AM, Rick Dudley <afd@erisindustries.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 9:34 AM, Erik Anderson (BLOOMBERG/ 731 LEX) <eanderson20@bloomberg.net> wrote:
> Rick,
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> > Blockchains are useful for things that are not completely dependent on finance.
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> Like what? Then please contribute, document the use cases before we get together.
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> I am starting with prose because I think it's difficult to come to consensus on a list of bullet points. Hopefully from this we can get a concise statement from which obvious use cases or user stories can emerge.
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> The assumption I am starting with is that using a blockchain as a backend is desirable compared to existing systems because blockchains provide greater safety, security and auditability to users.
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> Various people have their various reasons for attempting to differentiate blockchains from existing fault tolerant database technology. I would like to side-step that particular quagmire by saying the web app model has become the dominate model for people to interact with computing services and within that model we can think of a blockchain as a system which can augment (and potentially replace) centralized backend services with decentralized ones, Data Management, Authorization and Authentication immediately come to mind. This might seem overly board but considering people release new database products on a fairly regular basis, I think work at this level should be tractable for a group this size.
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> Given the above preamble, the 'use cases' I would like to discuss are generally, "How can browsers and blockchains be used together to create decentralized applications?" Secondarily, I am interested in how existing Linked Data standards can be used to improve how blockchains interact with each other and the existing backend services.
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> There are two distinct classes of users who I think are worth considering, those creating decentralized applications and those using them.
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> At this stage I think we should figure out what needs to be exposed to browsers and users to make it easy for front-end developers to provide a safe, secure and auditable experience for their users.
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> -Rick
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