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RE: What is Blockchain Architecture?

in #research6 years ago (edited)

Just a side comment... I never understood why people have these tendencies of creating new acronyms for everything. As an example, "DLT, the International Conference on Developments in Language Theory is an academic conference in the field of computer science held annually under the auspices of the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science"

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For me it's about two things: shortening and branding. I use DLT because it's a nice quick abbreviation for a very big concept. I'd say blockchain, but a blockchain is only one way to implement a DLT.

DLT was neccessary, so that IBM with Hyperledger also can playing on the market. Because a decentralized database could not sell as Blockchain Technology only as DLT ...