Well, I just handle my car keys to my spous and we are done with it. Will we now need a smart contract to do that? Luckily, we don't own Porsche.
Because...blockchain...everything must be done with the blockchain
How will that prevent a valet from running with your car? Hilarious!!!
You're going to the police and they are going to say... but you had a contract, in order to file a complain you will net to open a smart contract with the police and send 10 police tokens to our officer :PPPPP
In two years you will need a smart contract to take your dog for a walk.
You realize right now what I was telling you in another thread, that this is overkill?
But the actual project running from VW that might get a chance has nothing to do with the real car,
It's about the supply chain for parts that will (maybe) implement a blockchain solution to keep track of those parts, where and when are they move across factories.
Essentially... a db.
Yes recently I entered a few discussions in a few threads with forum members on that particular subject of using a blockchain to track stuff, exactly a database use-case for me. They were arguing that you don't need a token, but I am not convinced. Without a token it is just a database.
With a token, on the other hand, you at least have additional level of cryptographic credibility behind your data, what may add additional value to your database and to your clients. I recently thought of meat or grocery manufacturing and trading supply-chain blockchain, where clients could scan the qr-code on the piece of meat they are about to buy. They would know what farm the particular piece of meat came from, the date and time the cow was butchered, well, they could even track the life events of the cow! Or the transport temperature of the piece of meat! There, I will argue, I can see the added value of the immutable blockchain. But only if it is immutable, i.e. the manufacturer cannot easily prolong the shelf life of a piece of meat by claiming the cow was butchered later (by doing an update on a database or a blockchain).
Sorry to have deviated from the Porsche blockchain so much...