We’re in preparation of the next step in the ICURY project, in which we want to support internal ICURY transactions off the Ethereum ledger. The main reasons are that the transaction costs of Ethereum are far too high, the transaction speed is too low, and data on Ethereum’s ledger is public, which limits the use case because of privacy concerns.
We do a quick comparison of a few Private DLT/Secure database technologies that we might include as part of our future ICURY transaction architecture. Deliberately, we also compared a situation with a classic private database setup (DBMS), as in corporate environments a blockchain framework might not necessarily be the most effective setup.
The overview is work in progress, as during further tech trials more information about the stability and actual costs will become evident.
Critical for the private ICURY ledger is that internal transaction can be processed at zero transaction costs, and that high transaction processing speeds can be realized.
We starred* the features that are most critical in our evaluation.
Features | Ledgable | EOSIO | Standard DBMS (e.g., MySQL or CQL) |
Setup fees* | 120€ per node per year | Account cost $100 one-time | Depends on server and DB capacity |
Transaction costs* | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Transaction speed in TPS* | >1 million tps | >3,000 tps | > 1 million tps, depends on configuration |
Flexibility (in terms of creating our own data model)* | Yes, fully relational data model, definition of chains and entities via web-interface | Yes, records defined via C++ statements | Yes, fully relation data model, SQL or SQL-like |
Security info* | No known incidents. No external references available. | Some issues, though stable in the last few months. | Complete access control, distributed setup is an option. Centralized security issues. |
Documentation | Poor documentation | Well documented | Well documented |
SLA* | Enterprise account SLA: 10,000/year | No information on SLA | Many commercial offers available for standard environments. |
Fully Private Nodes* | Yes | Yes (Enterprise Solutions, not using the public EOS blockchain) | Yes (default) |
Interface to see data | Via web-interface on each data node | Interface is already provided with https://eostracker.io/ | Application based |
Technology | Private multi-blockchain DLT | EOSIO software, public/private blockchain | Stable and scalable tech available, non-blockchain DLT |
Consensus protocol | Not predefined: controlled by the application. | Proof of Stake (POS) | To be be defined in the application. |
Open Source | Only Node | Fully open source | Fully open source options available |
dApp Support | Yes | Highly supported | Not Decentralized |
Smart Contract Support | Via XSCRO user interface/application based | Supported, inspired on Ethereum | No, application based |
Possible outcomes:
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