[jabgrabdthrow]

It's only misleading if you thing "blockchain" is not generic but means "The Bitcoin Blockchain". Is this a common understanding?

[eximius]

Without clarification or context (i.e., "a new blockchain"), then it is usually Bitcoin.

[umanwizard]

"blockchain" or "a blockchain" to me is generic. "the blockchain" to me refers to the most famous one (Bitcoin)

[brighton36]

How is this any better than a database?

[sanswork]

It's not. This use case is pretty stupid since regulations make it impossible to allow true anonymous p2p trading.

[anilgulecha]

Decentralized store and decentralized trust. The latter is hard with a publically accessible & editable mysql.

[brighton36]

Except that this isn't decentralized - its a controlled blockchain that's only available for public download (which http does just fine) As does archive.org

[anilgulecha]

I think you incorrectly understand how the blockchain can be updated.