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Re:Immudb 1.0 – open-source, immutable database with SQL and... by c01n on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @10:41AM (#27277396)
Does immudb offer mechanisms for distributed consensus, because that is one of the top features in blockchains, they do this while remaining P2P.
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Re:Immudb 1.0 – open-source, immutable database with SQL and... by jeroiraz on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @11:03AM (#27277737)
the order of changes is not subject to consensus, but clients have the tools to ensure no history rewrite happened
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Re:Immudb 1.0 – open-source, immutable database with SQL and... by judge2020 on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @01:23PM (#27279640)
sounds like git :)
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Re:Immudb 1.0 – open-source, immutable database with SQL and... by stingraycharles on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @01:27PM (#27279683)
I think both blockchains and git are based on the concept of merkle trees, so that sounds about right.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkle_tree

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Re:Immudb 1.0 – open-source, immutable database with SQL and... by dmacvicar on Wednesday May 26, 2021 @02:29AM (#27287107)
immudb has a website where you can visualize the Merkle tree in real time as you insert data: https://play.codenotary.com/
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Re:Immudb 1.0 – open-source, immutable database with SQL and... by c01n on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @11:20AM (#27277983)
Can Immudb work in a decentralized network while remaining secure from attacks in such networks or is Immudb meant for centralized systems if so I think you cannot compare it to Blockchains. Maybe a better comparison is Git.
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Re:Immudb 1.0 – open-source, immutable database with SQL and... by jeroiraz on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @11:27AM (#27278099)
immudb is not meant for public decentralized networks, although it might be possible to use embedded immudb to build a public blockchain... but that's a different story. immudb server is tailored to provide a database where any tampering will be subject to detection by any single client application consuming its data.
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