# Vector Clocks / Metadata Size

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

Record: `tension:metadata-size-vector-clocks`
Kind: tension
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema#tension-metadata-size-vector-clocks

## tensions-with

- [Vector Clocks](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/vector-clocks.md)
- [Metadata Size](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex/metadata-size.md)