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Re:JP Morgan Unveils USD-Backed Cryptocurrency for B2B Payments by bhaak on Thursday February 14, 2019 @02:11PM (#19164872)
Quoting Wikipedia: "Several companies have sued the DTCC, without success, over delivery failures in their stocks, alleging culpability for naked short selling. [...] Critics blame DTCC, noting that it is the organization in charge of the system where it happens, alleging that DTCC turns a blind eye to the problem, and complaining that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has not taken sufficient action against naked shorting"

Doesn't sound that trustless to me. With a decentralized setup as in Quorum at least everybody can calculate how much they have to trust the miners.

If your company has miners of their own, you are part of the whole system and not just using a third party service.

Re:JP Morgan Unveils USD-Backed Cryptocurrency for B2B Payments by askmike on Friday February 15, 2019 @03:21AM (#19169336)
Most quorum implementations I have seen don't use mining for consensus. Out of the box you can choose between these consensus algorithms: https://github.com/jpmorganchase/quorum/wiki/Quorum-Consensu...
Re:JP Morgan Unveils USD-Backed Cryptocurrency for B2B Payments by bhaak on Friday February 15, 2019 @05:32AM (#19169823)
Thanks for the link. I knew there were other consensus algorithms possible but I didn't know of any specific example.

The main point still stands though, the different consensus algorithm allow you more insight than a simple centralized DB that is just a black box.

Re:JP Morgan Unveils USD-Backed Cryptocurrency for B2B Payments by askmike on Friday February 15, 2019 @06:53AM (#19170122)
I agree very much. I have worked on quorum based blockchain systems for bank consortiums in the past.