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NIST's answer to “Do you need a blockchain?” (2018) (imgur.com)
12 points by alanfranz on April 28, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


Seems very reasonable to me. It captures what blockchains provide over a more typical database-backed solution.

It turns out though, that not many problems need their solutions to have all of these qualities, making blockchains largely a solution in search of a problem.


I can't tell if the flowchart is a joke, but I enjoy how 5 out of 6 answers (with the 6th being... email lol) recommends using a database.


Here is the actual report below, it says the flow chart is actually from a DHS report

https://csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/nistir/8202/final

edit: you can see that if you look at the bottom of the imgur picture as well




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