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Re:IBM has cut its blockchain team down to almost nothing – ... by Animats on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @01:02PM (#26016773)
Even if you need to distribute trust, you may just need a system where half a dozen or so players maintain replicated databases with duplicate transaction logs and a way to compare them.
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Re:IBM has cut its blockchain team down to almost nothing – ... by dnautics on Wednesday February 03, 2021 @01:03PM (#26016805)
exactly. A database with a running hash is probably good for like 99% of "blockchain" use cases.
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