There is some politics around this, as there are those who consider private blockchains that do not use any proof of work (that is, blockchains with no mining) to not be blockchains at all, but
simply shared ledgers.
Not exact matches
Bitcoins are
simply account balances that are stored on a large,
shared ledger.
Blockchain is
simply defined as a
shared, decentralized
ledger that provides a record of digital...
Some in the cryptocurrency community refer to these no - mining private blockchains
simply as
shared ledgers, and they refuse to use the blockchain term to describe them.