<story><title>How to Create a Private Ethereum Blockchain</title><url>https://medium.facilelogin.com/build-your-own-blockchain-b8eaeea2f891</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>VMG</author><text>What&amp;#x27;s the point of a private blockchain? Couldn&amp;#x27;t you just use a more traditional consensus algorithm when you have a closed network?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>baby</author><text>When auditing smart contracts you need to test them privately. So you run a test network with this or testrpc or ...&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;d imagine it&amp;#x27;s good for developers as well for quick testing.</text></comment>
<story><title>How to Create a Private Ethereum Blockchain</title><url>https://medium.facilelogin.com/build-your-own-blockchain-b8eaeea2f891</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>VMG</author><text>What&amp;#x27;s the point of a private blockchain? Couldn&amp;#x27;t you just use a more traditional consensus algorithm when you have a closed network?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kingo55</author><text>Like a traditional database?</text></comment>