Lightning Network explained ...

https://youtu.be/c4slzFdykpc

Good long video that goes into some details about the lightning Network.

GraphQL and graph databases.

Four basics behind a graph database are

Nodes: The primary data elements

Relationships: How two nodes are connected

Nodes may have multiple relationships

Properties: Attributes of a node or of a relationship

Labels: How nodes are described and grouped together as sets

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Nodes may have multiple labels

Labels get indexed and optimized, making it easier for them to be quickly located

Graph databases shift the focus of their data models to the relationships, which makes retrieving complex data structures much easier.

They abstract nodes and relationships into one structure.

But what is GraphQL ?

https://www.upwork.com/hiring/development/why-facebooks-graphql-language-should-be-on-your-radar/

Graph databases

RDBMS, also known as Relational databases, are  structured and easy to query with a language like SQL, but they have limitations when it comes to unstructured data. And scaling usually means buying far more servers and even then , that has limitations.

Not all data, however, is that easily organized. Semi and Unstructured data like IoT sensor data, social media,.  photos, videos, location-based GIS information, web or mobile activity, and usage metrics can’t be neatly broken down nor should be, but nobody wants a data swamp. 

Things like Hadoop, HBase, Cassandra, MongoDB and other NoSQL or NewSQL like databases trade tables for documents or json or blocks or columnar like schemas and more.  

https://www.business2community.com/brandviews/upwork/the-importance-of-graph-databases-in-an-increasingly-connected-world-02094654

Quantum computing slides

https://speakerdeck.com/ahelwer/quantum-computing-for-computer-scientists

Quantum computing for cs

https://hackaday.com/2018/07/13/quantum-computing-for-computer-scientists/

Dont use IBM.. plain and simple

This is why nobody should use IBM hyperledger fabric and their blockchain.  In due time they will drop it like they drop and mismanage everything.  IBM was one this respected Company, even if they were the 'suits.'. 

Now they are a joke in every single way and people really shouldn't trust anything they release or do.  Because soon enough it'll disappear or have no real support or updates. 

IBM slashing AI staff ....

Polyswarm beta released, come check it out

Polyswarm beta released , security Engineers and developers interested in playing around or testing the system out, take a look.

Peter J