quartz/content/notes/answered-questions.md
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answered-questions

Answered

  • What is Sharding?
    • breaking blockchain into smaller pieces (not sure how or how) to increase scalability
  • Even if a farm says they didn't use some chemical, how does the blockchain verify that. Does someone need to go and physically audit them?
    • records stored on the chain are just timestamped hashes of documents obtained via e.g., a lab who tests the soil
    • Can the group, as a DAO almost, collectively employ someone to do this?
    • I guess that still wouldn't stop the participant being audited from bribing them or something.
  • what actually is hyperledger fabric? Is it a closed blockchain that different groups can run independently for their own use-case? Or is it one single closed blockchain that many different groups participate in.
    • hyperledger fabric is one of the projects created by hyperledger. It is a framework/base from which the community can develop their own blockchains.
  • is governance within a closed blockchain the same as within an open blockchain
  • does the central authority e.g., govt decide who can join and leave?
    • yes, but is this responsibility restricted only to them? Can other parties approve new participants?
  • What are public vs private permissioned blockchains
  • why would a participant want to fork?
    • just having the capability is important
      • means the authority has to act in the interest of the parites otherwise they will fork
    • swtiching authorities?

Ignored questions

  • What do the governance rules need to accomplish?
    • Shouldn't the system just work?
    • Very broad question
    • Maybe:
      • Maintenance/Development of the codebase (PIP/EIP?)
      • Inviting/banning participants
      • Conducting phsysical audits?
    • this is something i need to figure out myself
  • What are they voting on?
    • Seems like a very dumb question. I guess a lot of things. But I'm not sure so I'll add it here
  • Who will be participating in the blockchain?
    • Three major parties in food supply-chain: Market, Manufacturing, Agriculture
    • Do I need to define this in more detail?
  • Do we need to track the products physically?
    • A: not relevant yet
  • How is on-chain governance implemented?
    • Smart contracts? Consensus algorithms?
  • Why is block size significant?
    • not relevant