[MatthewKernerMS]

Many use cases we encounter in customer discussions can best be solved by using traditional databases which benefit from academic and industry investment over more than 50 years. Databases offer more mature algorithms, implementations, toolsets, talent pools and ecosystems.

That said, there are some compelling scenarios that customers are exploring where a decentralized model opens up new market opportunities, or reduces risk or reduces cost.

One challenge with a database is answering the question of who operates it, and whether that party could choose or could be compelled to act maliciously. Coco and its ilk are specifically designed to address that concern, with tradeoffs in other dimensions as mentioned above.