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Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For June 29th, 2018

High Scalability

Blockchain is a solution in search of problems. Sure, you can cobble together Docker-like process isolation using namespaces and cgroups, and you can run the process using a custom set of libraries using chroot -- though I definitely don't agree that for the average developer that approach is anywhere near as easy as Docker.

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Washed Up

Alex Russell

Jonty Wareing @jonty Short version: The NFT token you bought either points to a URL on the internet, or an IPFS hash. In most circumstances it references an IPFS gateway on the internet run by the startup you bought the NFT from. Blockchain protocols. Oh, and that URL is not the media. What is the web proper? Cryptocurrencies.

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Monitoring Distributed Systems

Dotcom-Montior

By definition, a distributed system is any system that comprises of multiple components on variety of machines that work together to appear as a single, organized system. Although the definition may seem straightforward, in the real-world, a distributed system is one of the most complex environments to understand, manage, and monitor.

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