Blockchain
3 patterns in this domain
“Agree without a boss”
3/7 frontierConsensus Mechanism
The problem is ancient.
distributed-systemsgovernancefault-toleranceagreement
7 domains“Hold until both sides are ready”
3/7 frontierEscrow / Conditional Transfer
The need is as old as trade.
trusttransactionsconditional-logicintermediation
7 domains“Record everything, change nothing”
3/8 frontierImmutable Append-Only Log
In 1494, a Venetian friar named Luca Pacioli wrote down a rule that merchants had been following for centuries: never erase an entry in your ledger.
data-integrityaudit-trailtemporaltrust
8 domains