• merc@sh.itjust.works
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      2 years ago

      Nothing particularly useful though. It’s a very slow, inefficient, trustless, immutable database. There really aren’t many good applications for that.

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              2 years ago

              How is that better than a database? Is someone concerned that Walmart will fabricate supply chain tracking?

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              Hyperledger is just git but with fancy buzzwords. It’s like taking everything that makes blockchain, and then remove everything that makes blockchain special. All you have left is another centralized system.

              It’s just IBM’s excuse to stay relevant.

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                  Git doesn’t need consensus mechanisms because it’s “permissioned”, like Hyperledger. All actors are known and given permission by some entity to contribute.

                  You can’t contribute to the Linux kernel unless your changes have been approved by someone trusted with permission. You cannot contribute to whatever Walmart is doing, because you haven’t acquired permission to do so.