Distributed Ledger without the Blockchain

Re:Distributed Ledger without the Blockchain by eternalban on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @07:11PM (#15405562)

And the point of the GP was that that does not address the OP point that it is "just a distributed database"

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Re:Distributed Ledger without the Blockchain by jchanimal on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @07:49PM (#15405790)

A distributed database with global consistency, which is a new category. FaunaDB (and similar databases) allows a distributed ledger among trusted parties to be “just a database application.”

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Re:Distributed Ledger without the Blockchain by hossbeast on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @08:02PM (#15405842)

Great. Just take the word blockchain out of the article, it adds nothing but confusion.

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Re:Distributed Ledger without the Blockchain by epistasis on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @09:19PM (#15406148)

I disagree, with the number of people pushing blockchain when they just want a distributed ledger, an article like this is quite helpful.

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Re:Distributed Ledger without the Blockchain by userpass on Thursday October 05, 2017 @06:33AM (#15408048)

So you're telling me... it's a distributed database? Global consistency is nothing new.

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