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A couple weeks ago I saw an RFP (request for proposal) from a small midwestern town looking for blockchain solutions: > The purpose of this process is to solic
by claytonjy 8y ago
A couple weeks ago I saw an RFP (request for proposal) from a small midwestern town looking for blockchain solutions:
> The purpose of this process is to solicit proposals from qualified vendors to provide a technology solution leveraging blockchain technology to overcome information sharing barriers, facilitate continuity of care, flag at-risk individuals, and serve as a communication and referral mechanism to appropriate services
I wonder how widespread this is?
- Max_aaa 8y agoHow can this even be solved by the "blockchain"?
- Someone1234 8y agoIt cannot. It is a traditional "big data" problem that involves a large amount of data collection, merging, and analysis. Blockchain's distributed ledger offers no value-add here. Making it just a glorified Merkle Tree, but that doesn't even seem like the most appropriate way to handle this type of data set.
- Arnavion 8y ago(Nit: A blockchain is not a Merkle tree.)
- Someone1234 8y agoIf you remove the distributed ledge, that's how blocks are stored.
- Arnavion 8y agoThe contents of the blocks of the Bitcoin blockchain (and other cryptocurrency blockchains) happen to be Merkle trees (of transactions, in Bitcoin's case). Blockchains as a data structure are unrelated to Merkle trees.
- Someone1234 8y agoI legitimately don't understand what distinction you're trying to make here. Typically a "nit" clarifies something, but you're just muddying the discussion for seemingly no real benefit.
- Max_aaa 8y agoIt is a basically set of Merkle trees, each with a header.
- claytonjy 8y agoThat's the joke, but unfortunately the drafters of this RFP seem to not be in on it.