On Public and Private Blockchains

T1Covered by 1 source · first reported by Ethereum Foundation / Solana / a16z crypto / Chainalysis at 07 Aug 2015, 06:42 UTC

Over the last year the concept of "private blockchains" has become very popular in the broader blockchain technology discussion. Essentially, instead of having a fully public and uncontrolled network and state machine secured by cryptoeconomics (eg. proof of work, proof of stake), it is also…