# ACID / BASE/Eventual Consistency

> "acid" (atomic-boundary layer) is traded against "BASE/Eventual Consistency" (atomic-boundary layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "BASE/Eventual Consistency" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:acid-base-eventual-consistency`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-acid-base-eventual-consistency

## tensions-with

- [ACID](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/acid.md)
- [BASE/Eventual Consistency](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/base-eventual-consistency.md)