There are two things this article could point out: The difference between centralized, distributed and decentralized primary keys. And how public/private key

There are two things this article could point out: The difference between centralized, distributed and decentralized primary keys. And how public/private key encryption should be a natural part of every primary key. The problem is all SQL databases uses sync clients which make them completely useless in any distributed or decentralized setting. The real tension here is that there is no guarantee that a large UUIDs are unique, and we have not embraced the random occurrence of a collision.