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(I think this is probably extremely exaggerated purported enthusiasm. Of course IBM's vice president of blockchain says that buyers should want to buy blockchain.)
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Slow databases are worse than fast databases, inarguably. But if this particular slow database sets fire in the hearts of non-technical decisionmakers, it might cause the non-technical collaboration to e.g. drive down money transfer flight times.