Re:Not Forgotten: ChatGPT isn’t the only important trend in ...
by ghaff on Tuesday April 11, 2023 @11:49AM
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>as understood in the "crypto" sense
The two only share some characteristics.
It's sort of unfortunate that blockchain was ever used as a term for business distributed ledgers. The Hyperledger Foundation has a ton of material online. (As do many others.) Proof of work is not used. The ledger is typically not open to the public or only to a limited degree. There are various other consensus mechanisms depending upon the requirements.
The two only share some characteristics.
It's sort of unfortunate that blockchain was ever used as a term for business distributed ledgers. The Hyperledger Foundation has a ton of material online. (As do many others.) Proof of work is not used. The ledger is typically not open to the public or only to a limited degree. There are various other consensus mechanisms depending upon the requirements.