shardlets
posted on 9 Dec 2019A manaflow transaction is a shardlet.
A shardlet locks exactly the state it needs to continue execution, for exactly as long as it needs it. Shardlets can be validated concurrently and all of their resources are statically declared so they can be scheduled optimally. A beacon shard is an emergent phenomenon that comes from application logic.
“Activity ranges” was a promising approach…