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Show HN: An SQL database on top of a blockchain

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Re: Show HN: An SQL database on top of a blockchain

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detstrat wrote: post #8

What are the relevant scenario's for using this? I think it might be useful for IoT devices, but other than that?

Could be anything that you could also use Ethereum for. This provides similar functionality, only with a more familiar (SQL) interface.

Some things I thought of: governmental registries, tracking history of physical assets (e.g. tracking of maintenance history of aerospace components), software licensing, storing timestamped cargo manifests (like the Maersk case). You could even build a currency on this with the right set of privileges.

Re: Show HN: An SQL database on top of a blockchain

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GhostVII wrote: post #9
dozzie wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Yes, so what this does is timestamp transactions (in this case SQL DML) in a decentralized way between nodes that do not or cannot trust each other. All this while enforcing write permissions ('grants') that were agreed upon earlier. And this should be the very first thing to put in README. This is the single most important thing about any program that uses a blockchain protocol: what exactly is the decentralized,…

Why would that need to be in the README? Isn't it the whole point of blockchain?

I think it is actually a good idea to describe the whole point of using a blockchain as suggested. A lot of organisations I encounter don't really have a clue and do not realize that even a traditional database could fill their need perfectly in many cases.
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