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Isn't QLDB a blockchain tech? Albeit a real-world practical one.

• SemanticStrengh 4y ago
  It is not it seems https://aws.amazon.com/qldb/faqs/#:~:text=Amazon%20QLDB%20can,multi%2Dparty%20consensus https://aws.amazon.com/qldb/faqs/#:~:text=Amazon%20QLDB%20ca....
• jaboutboul 4y ago
  It’s not a blockchain. It’s meant to be a ledger database so it works in a similar way to a Blockchain, same internal data structure, but without the distributed consensus concept.
  • dspillett 4y ago
    So it is a blockchain, just not a distributed blockchain. The idea of a blockchain for tamper detection, with external validation by regularly sending off a current state hash for signing, existed long before crypto currencies arrived with the distributed verification process.
    • SemanticStrengh 4y ago
      It could be a blockchain, we don't know for sure
      • dspillett 4y ago
        It is by the original definition. Though not by some of the recent redefinitions but as they are often due to marketing getting good of the dictionary...