from Hacker News

Amazon Gets into the Blockchain with Quantum Ledger Database

by moat on 11/28/18, 8:58 PM with 5 comments

  • by michaelanckaert on 11/28/18, 10:30 PM

    Except that this isn’t a blockchain or distributed database: https://aws.amazon.com/qldb/faqs/

  • by baxtr on 11/28/18, 10:15 PM

    > Amazon last year dismissed the idea of getting into the blockchain with AWS, but today that’s changed. The company announced a new service called Amazon Quantum Ledger Database, or QLDB, which is a fully managed ledger database with a central trusted authority

    So, Amazon is actually not utilizing Blockchain in their business, but they sell it as a service, right? To me, it sounds like they’re selling shovels in a gold rush.

  • by dang on 11/28/18, 10:18 PM