Amazon Quantum Ledger Database(aws.amazon.com)
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Amazon Quantum Ledger Database
https://aws.amazon.com/qldb/
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(i work at aws)
so the name qldb is actually from an internal database that inspired the public offering. in naming that, the focus was around the quantization of individual changes (the minimum amount of data necessary!) in a ledger. hence, qldb.
just be happy it doesn’t end with yay :).
so the name qldb is actually from an internal database that inspired the public offering. in naming that, the focus was around the quantization of individual changes (the minimum amount of data necessary!) in a ledger. hence, qldb.
just be happy it doesn’t end with yay :).
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By the same token, I’m pretty upset that MySQL doesn’t actually involve elephants or dolphins. A name is just a name, I doubt anybody could be fooled into thinking that this has anything to do with quantum computing.
I legit saw this title and thought “oh is this built on Amazon Braket?”, so I’d disagree that no one could be confused. Quantum Computing may be a while away, but a lot of companies are claiming to have launched “Quantum-ish” things, so when I see things like this I do in fact assume that they’re implying some relation to quantum computing or something else quantum.
I figure a joint venture with Quantum branding makes sense now that you can get mass storage for well under a dollar per MB:
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Quantum-ELS127S-120MB-SCSI-3-5-3H...
Just think how many they'll sell!
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Quantum-ELS127S-120MB-SCSI-3-5-3H...
Just think how many they'll sell!
The real question is how it incorporate AI or deep learning on the blockchain into its DNA.
What’s nice about this is that there is now a clear baseline whenever someone pitches blockchain as a solution. $100/month is fantastically less than most of the project ideas that all require lots of labor hours to set up and maintain.
Every non-speculative blockchain application I’ve seen would have been met by just a distributed, immutable database. And I think the speculative use cases are morally wrong even though “make money by tricking people to buy” is uniquely met by a blockchain and not a db.
Every non-speculative blockchain application I’ve seen would have been met by just a distributed, immutable database. And I think the speculative use cases are morally wrong even though “make money by tricking people to buy” is uniquely met by a blockchain and not a db.
Note this is not a new offer: Released for the first time in September 10, 2019
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/09/announcin...
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2019/09/announcin...
Relative to blockchains and since this is centralized, is there a trust issue? Sure it’s cryptographically verifiable, but is there a single entity that could somehow mess with it?
“Owned by a central, trusted authority” made me laugh out loud.
“PUT A FENCE AROUND IT, MAURICE!”
“PUT A FENCE AROUND IT, MAURICE!”
But the whole "Quantum", in the branding really does kinda irk me and you just know it is to help target the buzzword of the week management types in some way. Or the click-bait of the business world, yet that is who they are targeting - not your IT geeks.
I see a few credible customers, but nothing in the finance sticking out. When that changes, that will be a seal of approval many will look towards.