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by ducklord 264 days ago
What does TigerBeetle stand on the CAP theorem? Sounds like it's AP?
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CAP defines availability physically: “requests to a non-failing node receive a response”. TigerBeetle ensures logical availability: as long as clients can reach a majority, requests complete with strict serializability, preserving safety and liveness under partitions.

cf. Durability and the Art of Consensus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRgvaqpQPwE