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You Do It Too: Forfeiting Network Partition Tolerance in Distributed Systems
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The CAP Theorem. The Bad, the Bad, & the Ugly | Dominik Tornow
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| | The CAP theorem is too simplistic and too widely misunderstood to be of much use for characterizing systems. Therefore I ask that we retire all references to the CAP theorem, stop talking about the CAP theorem, and put the poor thing to rest Martin Kleppmann In 2000, Eric Brewer introduced the CAP Conjecture during his keynote address Towards Robust Distributed Systems at the Principles of Distributed Computing conference. Brewer posited that a distributed system cannot achieve Consistency, Availability, and Partition Tolerance simultaneously.
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Inconsistent thoughts on database consistency | DeBrie Advisory
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| | In this post, understand the different concepts of consistency as applied to distributed databases, as well as some issues with the conversation of consistency.
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How Bitcoin Loses to the CAP Theorem - Paul Kernfeld dot com
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| | Mostly software: Rust, machine learning, and P2P systems. Previously, games and cocktails.
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No You Probably Don't Need a Blockchain-Ashton Kemerling
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| [AI summary] The article critiques the overhyped potential of blockchain technology, arguing that it's largely a speculative bubble with significant drawbacks, including immutability issues, high energy costs, and fraud in related areas like ICOs.