On: Distributed Ledger without the Blockchain

[cocktailpeanuts]

Does it matter in the context of this comment thread? I'm sure you guys have built a damn good bottled water, but it ain't orange juice.

[jchanimal → cocktailpeanuts]

Yes. The point of the post is that with global ACID, distributed ledgers among trusted parties are just regular applications. You can’t do this with eventually consistent databases. What I’m describing is a genuine solution our customers are choosing FaunaDB for. For their distributed ledger requirements, a blockchain is overkill.

[eternalban → jchanimal]

And the point of the GP was that that does not address the OP point that it is "just a distributed database"

[jchanimal → eternalban]

A distributed database with global consistency, which is a new category. FaunaDB (and similar databases) allows a distributed ledger among trusted parties to be “just a database application.”

[hossbeast → jchanimal]

Great. Just take the word blockchain out of the article, it adds nothing but confusion.

[epistasis → hossbeast]

I disagree, with the number of people pushing blockchain when they just want a distributed ledger, an article like this is quite helpful.

[userpass → jchanimal]

So you're telling me... it's a distributed database? Global consistency is nothing new.