There are
obvious advantages of permissioned blockchain. Let’s
list a few of them below.
·
Permissioned
blockchain tends to be fast as they can choose their own consensus method and
do not need every node for validation purposes.
·
These are far
more scalable.
·
For
organizations, permissioned blockchain (consortium) can offer more
customizability.
· Permissioned blockchains can also follow governance
structure.
Permissioned
blockchain does have some disadvantage including the following:
·
A permissioned
blockchain is not truly decentralized.
·
They are less
transparent.
·
Member’s KYC is
required to join the network with the admin’s approval.
·
Less anonymous.
There are
multiple use-cases of permissioned blockchain including:
· Research
· Food tracking
· Banking and payments
· Asset ownership
· Internal voting
· Supply chain management