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> Is a given blockchain a more efficient database? One property of a database that may not exist on blockchain is deletion of records. You can not delete "reco
by denzil_correa 8y ago
> Is a given blockchain a more efficient database?
One property of a database that may not exist on blockchain is deletion of records. You can not delete "records" on blockchain due to its immutable property.
- bunderbunder 8y agoThough, for the sake of argument, even in SQL databases people are increasingly moving toward append-only tables where you never physically update or delete existing records, you just insert a new one that supersedes the old one. The same approach would work for a blockchain.