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title: "Explained"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/explained-tj8nx0qdy
source_url: https://unzip.dev/0x018-crdts/
type: article
source: "Unzip"
published: 2024-02-01T08:58:33.567Z
updated: 2024-11-16T02:17:15.877Z
tags: ["architecture", "distributed-systems", "general-programming"]
reading_time: 9
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
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# Explained

**[Unzip](https://daily.dev/sources/unzip)** · 9 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

CRDTs are algorithms that enable merging conflicting data into a consistent result, without a centralized server. They are widely used in collaborative apps and databases. CRDTs are suitable for collaborative applications, provide security and privacy, enable real-time applications, scalability, and fault-tolerance. However, they also have drawbacks such as storage overhead and memory consumption.

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