Re:Blockchain Is a Semantic Wasteland
by jdshutt on Sunday October 21, 2018 @11:22AM
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If you can trust the provider, why use an expensive blockchain instead of an inexpensive database?
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Because the amount of trust required is significantly reduced if the provider uses a block chain. Without a block chain you need to trust that the provider will not change transactions retroactively. With a block chain you only need to trust that the provider will not censor transactions.