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How can this even be solved by the "blockchain"?

• Someone1234 8y ago
  It 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 ago
      If you remove the distributed ledge, that's how blocks are stored.
      • Arnavion 8y ago
        The 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 ago
          I 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 ago
          It is a basically set of Merkle trees, each with a header.
• claytonjy 8y ago
  That's the joke, but unfortunately the drafters of this RFP seem to not be in on it.