OrbitDB: Peer-to-peer databases for the decentralized web

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Post by ouzb64ty » Sun, Apr 19, 2020, 8:17 PM UTC

Re: OrbitDB: Peer-to-peer databases for the decentralized web

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Post by dang » Sun, Apr 19, 2020, 8:33 PM UTC

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Post by xchaotic » Sun, Apr 19, 2020, 8:51 PM UTC

eventually consistent database Is an oxymoron

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Post by ArnoVW » Sun, Apr 19, 2020, 8:54 PM UTC

xchaotic wrote: post #3

eventually consistent database Is an oxymoron

In case you didn't know, it's in used as a technical term in distributed computing circles.

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Post by seangrogg » Sun, Apr 19, 2020, 8:55 PM UTC

xchaotic wrote: post #3

eventually consistent database Is an oxymoron

Alternatives to strong consistency in databases has been around for quite a while...

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Post by qorrect » Sun, Apr 19, 2020, 8:55 PM UTC

What is the use case for this ?

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Post by continuations » Sun, Apr 19, 2020, 8:55 PM UTC

p2p DB in JS using CRDT. That sounds a lot like GUN.

How does OrbitDB compare to GUN?

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Post by noworriesnate » Sun, Apr 19, 2020, 8:57 PM UTC

It looks like they have an identity provider, so this must support authentication. Link: https://github.com/orbitdb/orbit-db-identity-provider

What I'd like to know is do they support authorization?

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Post by lildata » Sun, Apr 19, 2020, 9:07 PM UTC

continuations wrote: post #7

p2p DB in JS using CRDT. That sounds a lot like GUN. How does OrbitDB compare to GUN?

One of the main difference is it is based on IPFS

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Post by trollbaitmate » Sun, Apr 19, 2020, 9:10 PM UTC

xchaotic wrote: post #3

eventually consistent database Is an oxymoron

i feel bad for you