{"id":16084,"date":"2016-03-07T15:06:52","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T21:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=16084"},"modified":"2016-03-28T12:49:07","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T17:49:07","slug":"avoiding-the-pointless-blockchain-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=16084","title":{"rendered":"Avoiding the pointless blockchain project"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>But before you embark on that shiny blockchain project, you need to have a very clear idea of <strong>why you are using a blockchain<\/strong>. There are a bunch of conditions that need to be fulfilled. And if they\u2019re not, you should go back to the drawing board. Maybe you can define the project better. Or maybe you can save everyone a load of time and money, because you don\u2019t need a blockchain at all.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.multichain.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/avoiding-pointless-blockchain-project\/\">Avoiding the pointless blockchain project | MultiChain<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Blockchains are a technology for<strong> shared databases<\/strong>.<br \/>\nBlockchains are a technology for <strong>databases with multiple writers<\/strong>.<br \/>\nblockchains are a technology for <strong>databases with multiple non-trusting writers<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But before you embark on that shiny blockchain project, you need to have a very clear idea of why you are using a blockchain. There are a bunch of conditions that need to be fulfilled. And if they\u2019re not, you &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=16084\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[1389,156,182],"class_list":["post-16084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-programming","tag-blockchains","tag-databases","tag-requirements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16085,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16084\/revisions\/16085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}