Except they are. Catalogued as δ-CRDT, under Lexicographic Counter in https://arxiv.org/pdf/1603.01529.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/1603.01529.pdf edit: Although

Except they are. Catalogued as δ-CRDT, under Lexicographic Counter in https://arxiv.org/pdf/1603.01529.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/1603.01529.pdf edit: Although to be fair that blog post is ancient and covers Cassandra 2.0, now no longer supported. Counters were rewritten in Cassandra 2.1.