# Append-Only Log / Storage Growth

> "append-only-log" (execution-core layer) is traded against "Storage Growth" (execution-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Storage Growth" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:append-only-log-storage-growth`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-append-only-log-storage-growth

## tensions-with

- [Append-Only Log](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/append-only-log.md)
- [Storage Growth](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/storage-growth.md)