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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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