Public

Private

Consortium

Structure

Decentralized

Centralized

Partially decentralized

Access

Open Read/Write

Permissioned

Permissioned

Speed

Slower (~10 minutes)

Faster (Same as a transactional system)

Vary by the number of nodes

Consensus

Proof of work proof of stake

Pre-approved

Pre-approved

Identity

Anonymous

Known identities

Known identities

Use Cases

Crypto economy

Reference data management

Secure data sharing

Examples

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dash

MONAX, Multichain

R3 (Banks), EWF (Energy)