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In fact blockchains only exacerbate the problem. In your stock keeping system you can simply correct the error by entering a new stock number. In the blockchain
by mdoms 5y ago
In fact blockchains only exacerbate the problem. In your stock keeping system you can simply correct the error by entering a new stock number. In the blockchain you can... what? Ask every participant in the system to agree to roll back that transaction, pretty please?
- acdha 5y agoThis highlights why “slow, expensive database” has not been a common need: you can handle that in an append-only style by publishing correction records but that puts even more strain on an already struggling system.
- la_fayette 5y agoUnless you use an erp-system, which most companies have. In such systems, you cannot change things at will, because of compliance. Acctually, if you consider compliance regulations, a blockchain based approach would be useful...