Hacker News Reader

I think there are usecases where you control the whole chain and have nodes within your organisation. The blockchain becomes a specialised database that's optimised to be a ledger, something like https://chain.com and https://chain.com/sequence/.

View on HN

There's no compelling argument on those pages that addresses benefits over a traditional DB. It's the same circular arguments that completely ignore the tremendous cost of implementation and added complexity.

Or did I miss something?

> Or did I miss something?

I've found myself asking that frequently with the blockchain/cryptocurrency mania. The answer has always been no.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com