Blockchain. (not busy)

Here is a sensible article with decision approaches which help with thinking about whether blockchain might be a relevant technology: https://medium.com/@sbmeunier/when-do-you-need-blockchain-decision-models-a5c40e7c9ba1
On my reading, so far, I can't see a strong case for blockchain from any of these decision helpers.
Holochain would probably not fit into the models used here. It is perhaps more like a distributed ledger technology.

Here is an article about Corda - a distributed ledger that is not quite a full-blown blockchain: https://medium.com/corda/what-is-corda-6417b14c8dc7

Dil, this recent post
http://lockstep.com.au/blog/2018/12/17/consensus
from Steve Wilson is interesting re Blockchain consensus. Also see Twitter thread
https://twitter.com/cjenscook/status/1074586217415618560

My Fintech 2.0 case is that we need people consensus, not machine consensus. I think the endgame is Stripe-style seven lines of code hard-wired in mobile devices. Chainable promises/credits are then issued and mutually agreed/accepted bilaterally with accepted P2P promises/credit obligations registered in a unique order within consensual risk/cost/surplus/data sharing 'Club Rules' which double as a 'Dot Market' Domain Server User Group.

That is pretty much the 'NewClear' Market Operating System/architecture I invented 20 years ago and documented in 2001, now recorded here
http://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Market_3.0

Naturally such a complementary system must be prototyped outside the existing system, and then link to it. I think we have an opportunity here to do a proof of concept with generic loyalty point tokens, where the key (cf Beenz & Flooz) is a non-proprietary business model and a shit-hot marketing scheme. (I reckon I have both).

I know this thread is a honey trap but where else to discuss software options? Its all about the shopping and social networking experience. I invite you to consider:
http://tradeswap.net I know the guy is interested in helping
https://www.moxey.money is a cooperative barter network in Florida I think
https://www.reciprio.com/
Richard Logie GETS I guess is pretty dated by now.
https://www.sharetribe.com
Before starting these conversations though, we need to understand our functional requirements. Dil, maybe you can add to this list:
Products listed by category.
Prices in trade pounds
Members list multiple products
Max credit /debut per member, with warnings
Shipping costs.
Brokering tools
Configurable fee structures.
Product expiry date.
CMS
Automated newsletter
Mobile friendly
Affordable pricing structure

Matt - I will start a new thread re software / tech / data structure.

In the meantime, here's some holo links:
* website
* early paper with mutual credit / ledger theory
* article from 'the Alternative' - mentions some similar projects
* holo github