DuyHai Doan leads a discussion with Patrick McFadin and Jeff Carpenter on whether blockchain is a database, how blockchains and distributed databases complement each other, and what we can learn about distributed systems by looking at blockchain technology.

Highlights:

1:00 - DuyHai gives a quick introduction to blockchain

3:01 - Patrick explains why blockchain != Bitcoin

3:49 - We discuss whether a blockchain can be considered a type of database

5:38 - Blockchain limitations: limited transaction throug