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> I almost feel like Datomic solves what blockchain does (immutability) really well without the drama. Well said. Unless you need to solve the Byzantine gener
by jgalt212 10y ago
> I almost feel like Datomic solves what blockchain does (immutability) really well without the drama.
Well said. Unless you need to solve the Byzantine general problem there are better ways to database audit trails than Blockchain. e.g. Datomic or time travel queries.
- hornytoad 10y agoDatomic has a centralized transactor serializing what transactions, whereas Blockchain is decentralized. So they are at opposite ends of the spectrum, each trying to solve a completely different problem. Of course "centralized" is much less dramatic.
- jgalt212 10y agoyes, I am aware of that, but many fintech start ups are using blockchain with centralized data stores. and here's the link to byzantine generals' problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_fault_tolerance#The_Byzantine_Generals.27_Problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_fault_tolerance#The_...