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Private Blockchain or Database, Whats the Difference?
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intrepidreview.com
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5 points
by
petethomas
on Oct 5, 2016
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davidgerard
on Oct 6, 2016
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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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