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Storage Autoscaling With Percona Operator for MongoDB

Percona

ViewBlock , a blockchain explorer, uses the Percona Operator for MongoDB to store critical data. Today along with their team, we will see how pvc-autoresizer can automate storage scaling for MongoDB clusters on Kubernetes. In our lab we will use AWS EKS with a standard storage class. Note : If you use version 1.14.0

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Blockchain and bitcoin for business

Tech News Gather

Blockchain and bitcoin offer a way of tracking and securing these relationships cost-effectively. Blockchain is a payment system supported by a distributed database or ledger that records all transactions across a peer-to-peer network. Transactions made on the blockchain depend on the cryptocurrency being exchanged.

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Back-to-Basics Weekend Reading: The Foundations of Blockchain

All Things Distributed

It praises the power of blockchain as a disruptive technology, on par with how "the internet" changed everything. This weekend I would like to read about some of the technologies that predate blockchain, as they are its fundamental building blocks. I hope these will enlighten your fundamental understanding of blockchain technology. "

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5 industries that demonstrate how blockchains go beyond finance

O'Reilly

Although blockchain technology is still in its early days, momentum has been building in the enterprise. While there has been much focus on blockchains in banking and payments, its impact has already extended far beyond finance. When a land title changes hands, it would be verified via the blockchain, and recorded again.

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Fine-grained, secure and efficient data provenance on blockchain systems

The Morning Paper

Fine-grained, secure and efficient data provenance on blockchain systems Ruan et al., We haven’t covered a blockchain paper on The Morning Paper for a while, and today’s choice won the best paper award at VLDB’19. ” In other words, smart contracts cannot access historical blockchain states in a tamper-evident manner. .

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Tokenized Roadways and Micropayments: Bitcoin and the Future of Autonomous Vehicles

Tech News Gather

In today’s rapidly evolving technological landscape, the convergence of blockchain and autonomous vehicles promises to reshape the way we perceive transportation. Blockchain technology, known for its decentralized ledger system and secure transaction capabilities, is finding new applications in various industries.

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AnyLog: a grand unification of the Internet of things

The Morning Paper

Micropayments require an environment of trust, and in a decentralised context that leads us to blockchains. A blockchain holds the metadata catalog for the system (participants register on the blockchain for discovery purposes) and also provides the trust and dispute resolution anchor for micropayments. Periods (e.g.