{"id":27923,"date":"2023-05-11T12:11:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T00:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/?p=27923"},"modified":"2023-11-22T07:07:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T18:07:04","slug":"blockchains-were-a-total-balls-up-really-werent-they","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/steemit\/blockchains-were-a-total-balls-up-really-werent-they\/","title":{"rendered":"BLOCKCHAINS WERE A TOTAL BALLS UP REALLY WEREN&#8217;T THEY?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>It&#8217;s hard to believe how optimistic we all were starting out on the Steemit blockchain nearly seven years ago&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But none of them have really worked out very well, Steemit, Hive, ProofOfBrain, VerifyYourBrain, Flote, Bastyon, Blurt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Turns out we all got conned a bit, LOL&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/peakd.com\/blockchains\/@frot\/blockchains-were-a-big-fuck-up-really-werent-they\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>https:\/\/peakd.com\/blockchains\/@frot\/blockchains-were-a-big-fuck-up-really-werent-they<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27926 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5e333491083d2e5e-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5e333491083d2e5e-1.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5e333491083d2e5e-1-500x382.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5e333491083d2e5e-1-200x153.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steemit.com\/@sift666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/steemit.com\/@sift666<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steemit.com\/@frot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/steemit.com\/@frot<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/peakd.com\/@frot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/peak<\/a><a style=\"outline-width: 0px !important; user-select: auto !important;\" href=\"https:\/\/peakd.com\/@frot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">d.com\/@sift666<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/peakd.com\/@frot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/peakd.com\/@frot<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blurtlatam.intinte.org\/@sift666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/blurtlatam.intinte.org\/@sift666<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blurtlatam.intinte.org\/@frot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/blurtlatam.intinte.org\/@frot<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bastyon.com\/sift666\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/bastyon.com\/sift666<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bastyon.com\/frot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/bastyon.com\/frot<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-27923 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/steemit\/blockchains-were-a-total-balls-up-really-werent-they\/attachment\/sine\/'><img width=\"640\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/sine.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" 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hard to believe how optimistic we all were starting out on the Steemit blockchain nearly seven years ago&#8230; But none of them have really worked out very well, Steemit, Hive, ProofOfBrain, VerifyYourBrain, Flote, Bastyon, Blurt. Turns out we all got conned a bit, LOL&#8230; https:\/\/peakd.com\/blockchains\/@frot\/blockchains-were-a-big-fuck-up-really-werent-they https:\/\/steemit.com\/@sift666 https:\/\/steemit.com\/@frot &nbsp; https:\/\/peakd.com\/@sift666 https:\/\/peakd.com\/@frot &nbsp; https:\/\/blurtlatam.intinte.org\/@sift666 https:\/\/blurtlatam.intinte.org\/@frot &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27940,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[85,59,34],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/untitl014ed-1.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28239,"url":"https:\/\/www.frot.co.nz\/design\/wordpress\/blogging-101\/","url_meta":{"origin":27923,"position":0},"title":"BLOGGING 101","date":"August 9, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Blogging has certainly not turned out to be the world changing activity I once hoped it would be. 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