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Fit and value: The business case for blockchain

O'Reilly

Blockchains have a uniquely tumultuous early history for an enterprise technology—from a mysterious origin story, to a sensational first application in bitcoin, to a swift fall from a particularly frothy hype cycle. Blockchain technology provides the encrypted distributed ledger that made the first cryptocurrency, bitcoin, possible.

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Database Resolutions for 2018

VoltDB

” One of the suggested benefits of eventual consistency systems is that they support high availability across multiple data centers.But the biggest downside ? These systems are fundamentally non-transactional (they lack ACID compliance). Prepare for the Future.

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Database Resolutions for 2018

VoltDB

” One of the suggested benefits of eventual consistency systems is that they support high availability across multiple data centers.But the biggest downside ? These systems are fundamentally non-transactional (they lack ACID compliance). Prepare for the Future.

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Structural Evolutions in Data

O'Reilly

” Web3 has similarly progressed through “basic blockchain and cryptocurrency tokens” to “decentralized finance” to “NFTs as loyalty cards.” And that brings our story to the present day: Stage 3: Neural networks High-end video games required high-end video cards. The mess is far from over.

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Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For September 28th, 2018

High Scalability

Never inflict a distributed system on yourself unless you have too." seconds with the system. Hey, it's HighScalability time: @danielbryantuk : "A LAMP stack is a good thing. mipsytipsy #CloudNativeLondon. Do you like this sort of Stuff? Please support me on Patreon and you'll get 100 free cloud credits in heaven.