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

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

xchaotic wrote: post #3

eventually consistent database Is an oxymoron

Lol...hackernews commenters...

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

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Post by ekseda » Sun, Apr 19, 2020, 9:12 PM UTC

lildata wrote: post #9

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

Another one is that the source code of OrbitDB is not completely obfuscated.

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

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Post by dchyrdvh » Sun, Apr 19, 2020, 9:13 PM UTC

xchaotic wrote: post #3

eventually consistent database Is an oxymoron

Iirc, Spanner is eventually consistent.

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

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Post by exacube » Sun, Apr 19, 2020, 9:17 PM UTC

dchyrdvh wrote: post #13

xchaotic wrote: post #3

eventually consistent database Is an oxymoron

Iirc, Spanner is eventually consistent.

spanner is strongly consistent

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

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Post by dastbe » Sun, Apr 19, 2020, 9:50 PM UTC

exacube wrote: post #14

dchyrdvh wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Iirc, Spanner is eventually consistent.

spanner is strongly consistent

spanner does support eventually consistent snapshot reads as well with improved latency benefits (as you're effectively foregoing a transaction).

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

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Apr 19, 2020, 9:52 PM UTC

xchaotic wrote: post #3

eventually consistent database Is an oxymoron

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

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Post by evv » Sun, Apr 19, 2020, 9:55 PM UTC

ekseda wrote: post #12

lildata wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One of the main difference is it is based on IPFS

Another one is that the source code of OrbitDB is not completely obfuscated.

Can you elaborate? Source code to GUN is right here: https://github.com/amark/gun/tree/master/src

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

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Post by aprao » Sun, Apr 19, 2020, 10:02 PM UTC

dchyrdvh wrote: post #13

xchaotic wrote: post #3

eventually consistent database Is an oxymoron

Iirc, Spanner is eventually consistent.

Cloud Bigtable is eventually consistent, Spanner is strongly consistent.

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

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

OrbitDB is one of the key dependencies in 3box, an awesome tool for building decentralized apps where the user controls their own data. https://3box.io/

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

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Apr 19, 2020, 10:24 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #2

Related from 2018: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18748542

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