Blockchain energy consumption is affecting supply chains as a result of the number of computations required to execute a process and the time it takes to complete a transaction, but adopting the technology to improve transparency and auditability could still be worth it, according to experts.
Today, blockchain data platform Fluree announced it won a contract from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) for providing command and control communications systems using blockchain technology. North Carolina-based Fluree is working on developing a blockchain database. Last June, the firm raised $4.7 million in a seed round led by 4490 Ventures. The differentiating factor of […]
It has the ability to make the data immensely collaborative by allowing multiple parties to actually interact with it and improve security, and it really allows you, especially with how we’ve organized our database, to get better leverage out of the data.
Keep in mind that over 90% of applications are read/query-heavy, not write-heavy, so this impact is moot for most.