New ask Hacker News story: Litmus tests for using blockchain vs. relational database

Litmus tests for using blockchain vs. relational database
4 by perditus | 2 comments on Hacker News.
When should a business use blockchain despite its inefficiency? Honestly, I can't think of any reason to not just use a traditional relational database instead. Instead of anecdotes I'm interested in any literature exploring this issue, ideally outlining specific features of a use-case that would make it a good fit for blockchain. Here's an example, but it's far too vague IMO: http://bit.ly/2M0hdKP (clickable version in comments)

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