Jul 20, 2017 · 1 min read
I believe the scalability issues, including massive energy consumption, will scupper all the current blockchain models. They all have their hurdles to jump, but I think the alternatives such as MaidSafe and other proof-of-something-other-than-work models which overcome this key issue will be where the decentralised, ‘trustless’ digital future really takes off. As groundbreaking as blockchains are, they have only proved themselves to be good for one thing: alternative currencies. They are an attractive peg but a square one that’s being applied round-hole problems.
