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> The client sees just an old good REST/RPC API with no public access to the backend. The client wallets will be no better/powerful than a paypal client app/wal
by sweeneyrod 7y ago
> The client sees just an old good REST/RPC API with no public access to the backend. The client wallets will be no better/powerful than a paypal client app/wallet. There will be no blockchain to download...as matter of fact you won't even be able to tell if FB really uses blockchain behind the curtains.
What is your basis for this? It implies that the fairly detailed whitepapers describing the blockchain are an elaborate hoax, which seems unlikely.
- cmoscoso 7y agoWell, zucchain is one of the world’s most inefficient and expensive database ever created, of course it deserve a nice white paper. </sarc>
- thefounder 7y agoYou need permission to access this blockchain so unless you are one of the facebook/libra association members you don't know what database is used. In practical terms it doesn't really matter because you can't access it anyway. It's an implementation detail.
- sweeneyrod 7y agoI don't think this is true. It will have permissioned validator nodes (at least initially), but that doesn't mean it will be opaque to clients.