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> There is nothing that a Stripe controlled blockchain could offer that a database could not.

One way of thinking about a blockchain is to think of it as a shared datastructure to keep databases in sync. Any time you want to distribute your database over more than just a single central place, in a cryptographically secure way, you're probably going to re-invent a blockchain to do it.

parent petertodd 1 year ago

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