The Problem of Dropping ACID (scn.sap.com)

3 points by sunsiren 12y ago ↗ HN

Non-ACID PoS Is Unsuitable for Bitcoin and Financial Transactions

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Came for the link bait title, left disappointed.

Processing financial transactions is the canonical example of when you need ACID guarantees. Using a trendy NoSQL database there is ridiculous.