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📚 [Analysis] To Blockchain or To Not Blockchain - Mohammed ElSeidy

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Jan 8, 2019 ⋅  1 min read

2018's slump in digital asset prices seem to have only slightly dampened the fervor for launching a block chain for everything instead of re-considering whether since an effort is efficient at all. In this classic analysis piece, Mohammed reminds his readers that a block chain is not always useful and can even be counter productive when compared with traditional, central databases. In short, block chains are not a panacea for data systems, and they can often be the opposite.

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