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“Proof of authority” chains are a lot more than just a database. There is still a verifiable audit trail etc.

• px43 6y ago
  Eh, last I checked the five primary validator nodes are all run by Ripple.com. Not really "POA" when there's only one authority IMO.
• saberdancer 6y ago
  Nothing stops you from having a verifiable audit trail in a SQL database. You could even decentralize the audit trail. Problem with Ripple is creation of new XRPs, they had full control over that.
  • thinkloop 6y ago
    How do you decentralize the audit trail? Would need something like ripple
    • strken 6y ago
      Generate a cumulative checksum of everything that happened yesterday plus the previous day's checksum, and post it in the local paper, on your website, and in all investor documentation.
• waynesonfire 6y ago
  so a sql database
  • harkal 6y ago
    So files with indexes... so storage devices with a file systems... so... so bits of information...
• jnwatson 6y ago
  So, a database plus digital signatures.