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		tome on April 23, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Am I going insane or is there genuinely no... > Let's just assume satellites can provide that data in a trustless way to the blockchain via some clever oracle mechanism). > Instead of having a handwritten weak contract like the Paris climate act, you'd have actual enforceable code that can not be gamed. I'm having trouble reconciling these two ideas.

dllthomas on April 25, 2022 [–]

On the one hand, I guess we could imagine that the block chain plays an integral role in the "clever oracle mechanism". On the other hand, I think that turns this discussion into "imagine it's useful; in that case, it's useful!"

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