# CRDTs / Metadata Overhead

> "crdts" (causality-core layer) is traded against "Metadata Overhead" (causality-core layer) — a principle cannot be scope-separated from a quality, metric, or cost it competes with; resolve by measuring "Metadata Overhead" and choosing an explicit operating point.

Record: `tension:crdts-metadata-overhead`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-crdts-metadata-overhead

## tensions-with

- [CRDTs](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/crdts.md)
- [Metadata Overhead](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/metadata-overhead.md)