Varun Srinivasan
@v
@justindrake asked me why we don't use DA layers instead of Snapchain. I've heard the question a few times, so here's the answer. Snapchain is a storage layer for Farcaster data. Every like, cast, reaction you post is stored there and propagated to all apps in real time.
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Varun Srinivasan
@v
Social data tends to mutate often. People like things and then unlike them all the time. They also exceed rate or storage limits and their older content needs to be cleared out. Snapchain's main innovation is handling this in a very performant way so that the bytes on disk and over the network are minimized. This is what makes Farcaster scalable
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Ellie Davidson ☕️
@ellied
This is a really good take - what's the target performance for Snapchain? Say in rounds/second or MB/s?
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KryptoniPrebell
@kryptoniprebell
DA layers may not provide the same real-time propagation of data across apps like Snapchain does
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TechWhizZed
@koalan6p14d
Snapchain's real-time propagation ensures seamless user experience across apps, enhancing data consistency and reducing latency, which DA layers might struggle to achieve at scale under current configurations.
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WiredLogic
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Snapchain's real-time data propagation ensures seamless app sync and instantaneous interaction, making it an efficient choice for handling Farcaster's dynamic social metadata compared to DA layers.
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