Re:BigchainDB – A scalable blockchain database
by mrep on Thursday November 02, 2017 @05:40PM
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I would say they are polar opposites. Blockchains are incredibly inefficient since every node has to redo the computations. Adding more nodes does not scale them which is what i consider a core part of scalable systems.
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Re:BigchainDB – A scalable blockchain database
by trentmc on Thursday November 02, 2017 @06:57PM
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Hi, traditional "blockchains" have full replication which of course doesn't scale as you mention. Replication factor of 5000 is overkill (basically what Bitcoin has). Full replication isn't a prerequisite to building something useful. Instead, replicate less, use the extra nodes to store other shards of data, and make sure you have the right guarantees. That's the path.