When Permissioned Blockchains Deliver More Decentralization Than Permissionless.

The article discussed the use of what are referred to as permissioned blockchains in decentralizing computer systems governance. It examines the differences between open and permissioned access and argues that open access could result in centralized control.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 64; no. 2; pp. 20 - 23
Main Authors:	Bakos, Yannis, Halaburda, Hanna, Mueller-Bloch, Christoph
Format:	Article
Published:	Association for Computing Machinery Feb2021
Subjects:	Blockchains Distributed computing Decentralized control systems Information resources management Open data movement
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	The article discussed the use of what are referred to as permissioned blockchains in decentralizing computer systems governance. It examines the differences between open and permissioned access and argues that open access could result in centralized control.