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Centralized vs. blockchain: A head-to-head comparison of storage requirements

2019-04-22 
 
 In an earlier blog post, we addressed blockchain energy dependency. This time we take a look at blockchain storage requirements. Indeed, blockchain’s distributed data structure results in a significantly higher storage demand compared to traditional centralized databases. However, central systems...

Nancy Amert

The blockchain bowling alley: How distributed ledger technology goes mainstream

2018-07-20 Many technologies have come and gone over the past decades. Some were hyped concepts that flopped (beenz, anyone?). Others that started from humble beginnings became ubiquitous. While every technology faces its own adoption trajectory, the majority go through fairly predictable...