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> I'll preface this by saying that I'm not a blockchain expert, but from the comfort of my own armchair I consider that the main benefit over a regular SQL data
by throwawaylinux 5y ago
> I'll preface this by saying that I'm not a blockchain expert, but from the comfort of my own armchair I consider that the main benefit over a regular SQL database is the fact that you don't need to make it secret and protect it.
What are you needing to make secret or protect?
> There might be other methods for storing a well-ordered list of events in a difficult to tamper with but at the same time public repository, but I don't know of any.
Look at all the repositories up on github that are doing exactly this. I don't know why you would need to store voting results as well-ordered, but if you wanted to it's easily possible.
- mariusor 5y agoTamper proof is also a requirement, but if you're arguing about git having some of the same properties as a crypto ledger, I would agree.