A small business wants to use blockchain to store its internal employee records. The business has only one location and a single administrator who manages the records. Which factor would most likely make blockchain unsuitable for this use case?

The data is not sensitive enough to require encryption

The business cannot afford the high cost of blockchain infrastructure

The records are not transactional in nature

The need for decentralization is low because there is no multi-party trust issue

A consortium of food distributors wants to prove to regulators that their cold-chain temperature logs have not been altered after recording. They currently store logs in a shared spreadsheet. Which blockchain feature directly addresses this requirement?

Immutability of recorded transactions

Decentralized consensus among all nodes

Smart contract automation of alerts

Transparent visibility of all transactions

A company wants to use blockchain to track the provenance of luxury goods. Which condition would make blockchain a suitable choice for this use case?

The data is highly confidential and must be kept secret from all other parties

A single trusted authority already maintains the records and all parties trust it

Multiple parties need to share a tamper-evident record of each item's history

The system must process millions of transactions per second at very low cost

A small retailer wants to use blockchain to store its internal employee performance reviews. The reviews are confidential, only one HR manager writes them, and the company has no need to share them externally. Which factor most strongly argues AGAINST using blockchain for this use case?

The data is sensitive and must be kept confidential

The reviews are not financial transactions

The company lacks technical expertise

The data does not require shared, multi-party trust

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11application · medium
A small business wants to use blockchain to store its internal employee records. The business has only one location and a single administrator who manages the records. Which factor would most likely make blockchain unsuitable for this use case?
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12application · medium
A consortium of food distributors wants to prove to regulators that their cold-chain temperature logs have not been altered after recording. They currently store logs in a shared spreadsheet. Which blockchain feature directly addresses this requirement?
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13foundation · easy
A company wants to use blockchain to track the provenance of luxury goods. Which condition would make blockchain a suitable choice for this use case?
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14application · medium
A small retailer wants to use blockchain to store its internal employee performance reviews. The reviews are confidential, only one HR manager writes them, and the company has no need to share them externally. Which factor most strongly argues AGAINST using blockchain for this use case?
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