Wow, this is big. I disagree with some of the negative comments here, but that is what I love about HN: diverse opinions.
Being able to not transact large amounts of money and instead using a permissioned blockchain to prove you have the funds seems like a great use case to me.
Although mining some ether was fun as was making money on bitcoin, I believe that the really interesting applications will probably be in permissioned systems that either like JP Coin allow virtual transactions or support smart contracts. To get started, taking the eDX course on blockchain for business is a good start.
I also admit that after working as an AI/machine learning practitioner since the 1980s that blockchain applications interest me just because it is something new (for me).
Being able to not transact large amounts of money and instead using a permissioned blockchain to prove you have the funds seems like a great use case to me.
Although mining some ether was fun as was making money on bitcoin, I believe that the really interesting applications will probably be in permissioned systems that either like JP Coin allow virtual transactions or support smart contracts. To get started, taking the eDX course on blockchain for business is a good start.
I also admit that after working as an AI/machine learning practitioner since the 1980s that blockchain applications interest me just because it is something new (for me).