Rethinking Distributed Ledger Technology.

Distributed ledger technology (DLT) offers new and unique advantages for information systems, but some of its features are not a good fit for many applications. We review the properties of DLT and show how two recently developed ideas can be used to retain its advantages while simplifying design.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Publicado en:	Computer (00189162) Vol. 52; no. 2; pp. 68 - 73
Autores principales:	Kuhn, Rick, Yaga, Dylan, Voas, Jeffrey
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	IEEE Feb2019
Materias:	Peer-to-peer architecture (Computer networks) Information storage & retrieval systems Technology
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Descripción
Sumario:	Distributed ledger technology (DLT) offers new and unique advantages for information systems, but some of its features are not a good fit for many applications. We review the properties of DLT and show how two recently developed ideas can be used to retain its advantages while simplifying design.