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@ -91,6 +91,25 @@ Adoption
Events created before the adoption of this NIP can be referenced in future events.
To improve space-efficiency, it can make sense to distribute these back-references across multiple events ("sparse chains", "fragmented chains").
Inconsistencies
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There is no guarantee that the merging of multiple previous-events-lists produces a consistent chain of events.
Eventual inconsistencies can be resolved by sorting events by time or event ID.
(Multiple diverging chains can be merged by sorting events by time or event ID.)
Such inconsistencies allow modification of the chain (insertion or deletion of previous events), so the chain is mutable.
Visualization
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Clients should visualize:
- the reference to the first previous event
- missing previous events
If there are many missing previous events, these can be collapsed to a "N missing events" block.
TODO: rename "chain"
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