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Private Blockchain or Database, Whats the Difference? (intrepidreview.com)
5 points by petethomas on Oct 5, 2016 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



The key point is the admission that a "private blockchain" is not a blockchain at all, it's just a shared ledger with a Merkle tree. The only purpose of the word "blockchain" would be buzzword compliance.




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