Let's hope they aren't using MongoDB to power the exchange platform. The Coinbase careers page seems to suggest they still use MongoDB[1], though to be fair, it

Let's hope they aren't using MongoDB to power the exchange platform. The Coinbase careers page seems to suggest they still use MongoDB[1], though to be fair, it also lists postgreSQL (I'm only aware of Toshi[2] using postgreSQL at the moment). I'm not saying it'd be impossible for MongoDB to be used effectively for a trading platform, but it'd be a lot more difficult than other options. Not trying to spark a debate here about MongoDB (it's great for certain applications). This has, however, been brought up previously as a concern about Coinbase (and they've denied accusations of lost money relating to it). Whether or not it's actually been a real problem in the past, I believe the concern is still valid. [1] https://www.coinbase.com/careers/9275 https://www.coinbase.com/careers/9275 [2] https://github.com/coinbase/toshi https://github.com/coinbase/toshi EDIT: Downvoters - care to explain why such a key piece of infrastructure for an application like this isn't a valid topic for discussion, or at least why my opinion isn't valid?