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Centralized vs. blockchain: A head-to-head comparison of storage requirements

CGI

In an earlier blog post, we addressed blockchain energy dependency. Indeed, blockchain’s distributed data structure results in a significantly higher storage demand compared to traditional centralized databases. Three producers of residual heat deliver to an energy wholesaler. Centralized data governance.

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The State of Blockchain Applications in Cybersecurity

eSecurity Planet

Blockchains are unique from other distributed ledger types due to their data structure, sequence, power needs, real-life implementation, and the use of tokens. Permissioned blockchains, or private blockchains,aren’t truly decentralized because they’re organized by a governance structure and authentication process for nodes.