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Blockchain revolution without the blockchain?

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Most of the suggested benefits of blockchain technologies do not come from elements unique to the blockchain.

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    cover image Communications of the ACM
    Communications of the ACM  Volume 61, Issue 7
    July 2018
    90 pages
    ISSN:0001-0782
    EISSN:1557-7317
    DOI:10.1145/3234519
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