From 20d3fd18e316c4db65ee28bde2e2b1072432f890 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Milan Hauth Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 17:18:17 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] explain soft chain --- references-to-previous-events.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/references-to-previous-events.md b/references-to-previous-events.md index 7008f23d..d175168d 100644 --- a/references-to-previous-events.md +++ b/references-to-previous-events.md @@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ Soft chain of events -------------------- This is useful to build a "soft chain" of events, so the recipient can detect missing events. +This chain is "soft", because it tolerates missing events. +A "hard" chain would store only the first previous event, and if that event is missing, the chain is broken. Events can go missing because of