On top of this, ScyllaDB also has "Lightweight Transactions" (LWT) that use Paxos to do a compare-and-set (CAS) read-before-write. This is important for strict

On top of this, ScyllaDB also has "Lightweight Transactions" (LWT) that use Paxos to do a compare-and-set (CAS) read-before-write. This is important for strict linearizability. You can think of it really roughly as "single partition ACID." They are also implementing a Raft infrastructure upon which they will be able to do strong consistency transactions in the future. https://www.scylladb.com/tech-talk/the-future-of-consensus-in-scylladb-5-0-and-beyond/ https://www.scylladb.com/tech-talk/the-future-of-consensus-i... [Disclosure: I used to work at ScyllaDB]