Comment Comment by yazaddaruvala > What are some real world apps using CRDTs that have really good experiences?Since people loved my other hot take :)I suppose "good experience" can be subjective, but Blockchains are also in practice a distributed trust-less CRDT that is used by a LOT of people.- With redundant validation, across more than 2 nodes, used to solve for conflict resolution.- and proof of work/stake used to solve for distributed trust.Again, academically, maybe not a CRDT because they will not "always converge". Hard forks can happen. However, pragmatically, Blockchains are a CRDT. parent yazaddaruvala 2 years ago
Since people loved my other hot take :)
I suppose "good experience" can be subjective, but Blockchains are also in practice a distributed trust-less CRDT that is used by a LOT of people.
- With redundant validation, across more than 2 nodes, used to solve for conflict resolution.
- and proof of work/stake used to solve for distributed trust.
Again, academically, maybe not a CRDT because they will not "always converge". Hard forks can happen. However, pragmatically, Blockchains are a CRDT.