Re:You Probably Don't Need a Blockchain
by dozzie on Thursday February 22, 2018 @05:01AM
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> A global distributed ledger is less cumbersome to develop and more efficient to run, when it uses a transactional NoSQL database, than a blockchain.
In other words, a distributed system is less cumbersome if it is centralized.
Blockchain is a very expensive technique, but it's the first attempt at
developing document timestamping system (one that doesn't need trusted third
party) that produced at least mildly robust protocol.
In other words, a distributed system is less cumbersome if it is centralized.
Blockchain is a very expensive technique, but it's the first attempt at developing document timestamping system (one that doesn't need trusted third party) that produced at least mildly robust protocol.