Balaji: Blockchains offer 1,000x more simultaneous root users than traditional databases
Balaji Srinivasan · Balaji Srinivasan: role of decentralization, China/US breakdown & more · Sep 25, 2021 · at 1:21:47
Balaji Srinivasan, former CTO of Coinbase, explains the architectural trade-offs of blockchains relative to conventional databases.
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“Blockchains, yes, they have lower transaction throughput, but they are a thousand X or more on another dimension, which is the number of simultaneous root users.”
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