Neo: Relational Blockchain

[eaba]

Hi, would you consider or are you considering NEO with Relational Blockchain?

[igormcoelho]

What is a relational blockchain? :thinking:

[eaba]

@igormcoelho here for starter: https://blog.chromapolis.com/what-is-relational-blockchain-and-why-should-you-use-it/ and https://hackernoon.com/this-is-what-a-4th-generation-blockchain-looks-like-multiversum-77165f1b8dea
My thinking is that NEO can offer non-relational blockchain as default while anyone interested in a relational blockchain could configure NEO to use that!

[jsolman]

@eaba relational databases are not faster than key value stores. Using relationaldb for a blockchain data store may support some app use cases, but speed will not be the driver for it.

[eaba]

Using relationaldb for a blockchain data store may support some app use cases

NEO should make itself configurable for other use cases:

My thinking is that NEO can offer non-relational blockchain as default while anyone interested in a relational blockchain could configure NEO to use that!

[igormcoelho]

It's straightforward to use relational db as storage on Neo. Just change DataCache bindings and its done.
However if I understood correctly, the article as a "Blockchain 4.0" movement, where blockchain is actually replaced by a sql database plus integrity checking.. which is very different from the blockchain philosophy I know. If this is the question, I think much deeper debates are necessary.

[vncoelho]

I will leave this issue closed given the last reply and answer given by @igormcoelho.

However, fell free to reopen @eaba.