2 posts tagged with "CRDT"

Distributed systems operate across multiple independent nodes, making it difficult to establish a single global clock. Logical clocks enable efficient event ordering without synchronized physical clocks, ensuring consistency in distributed systems. However, physical clocks may still be preferred in scenarios requiring real-world timestamping, such as financial transactions or legal record-keeping, where absolute time consistency is crucial. This blog post explores the concepts of logical clocks, their types, and their use cases in distributed systems.

In today's digital landscape, the ability to collaborate in real-time on applications like Google Docs, collaborative coding platforms, and online gaming environments is not just a convenience but a necessity. One of the fundamental technologies enabling this seamless, concurrent user interaction without the typical latency or conflict issues is the Conflict-Free Replicated Data Type (CRDT).