Why everybody is doing blochain?
I feel the world is already doing good.
Our internet speeds are good, hospitals are doing good, insurance is working and so are the schools, flights and education
Why there is so much hype about blockchain and decentralization all of a sudden?
If insurance industry or banks are storing the transaction information in a central database/system and its been working fine so far and there is no double spending problem
, how would making it decentralized help so much?
Atleast from end user/customer it really doesnt matter as long as the information stored is accurate and transactions are going fine (which is already happening)
Agree that in the past, lot of hacking attempts happened (the big retail store credit card, credtit rating hacked etc) but these problems would still exist even if we do blockchain
May be I did not understood the concept of blockchain. Does anything changes drastically for me, the end user?
I would be still going to website to book my flight tickets or go to centers to write exams or get my insurance claims or be dependant on the banks for withdrawing my money etc
Please provide any links or articles to read which explains it in layman terms on what is really changing and what the sudden splurge of devs/companies are really doing
When bitcoin or crypto-currency was introduced by Satoshi Nakamoto way back Year 2007, His white paper proposes that each piece of bitcoin contains equivalent hash. The number of bitcoin circulation will only reproduce through generating hash (in bitcoin developer terminology means solving complex mathematical problem). It was called bitcoin mining(or crypto currency mining). Everybody can connect in bitcoin network and can contribute in generating hash (peer-to-peer network). In simple term, bitcoin is just a number in computer with equivalent hash instead of gold. In the present system, Federal Reserve can add number of dollar in the circulation through the changes in number saved in computer.
Each computer are connected in bitcoin network and generate hash (bitcoin mining) called node. Each bitcoin transaction is register in node. Since bitcoin transaction is in the node, each node became and serve as your bank.
Bitcoin is an open source (anybody can access its technical details on how bitcoin works) and peer-to-peer (anybody can create a node or bank). So, we can consider that the intrinsic value of bitcoin is "trust and confidence" just like flat. Some of us receive our salary or payment through bank. We paid service charge in the bank to save in the computer the number that is equivalent to our money (flat value). If the bank or the government declared bankruptcy, our money will disappear just like a bubble.
Crypto-currency is a system of currency that is decentralized meaning nobody (government or bank) controls it. Meaning, there will be no service charge or bank charge will be deducted to you everytime you made any transaction. In short, through cryptocurrency, you do not need bank because you have and can create your own bank.
Just like what happen in the past, the mode of transaction drastically change from gold or earth metals into flat, in the next generation, flat will be replaced by crypto currency as anew currency. It may be difficult in the start but sooner or later, people will be at ease in using it. The only advantage of those people who believes and invest as soon as bitcoin currency introduced is of course they are wealthier people compared to those who do not believe.