# ACID / Distributed Availability

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

Record: `tension:acid-distributed-availability`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-acid-distributed-availability

## tensions-with

- [ACID](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/acid.md)
- [Distributed Availability](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/distributed-availability.md)