I think you're correct. Thanks for the correction. I've updated the post. The difference is subtle, and for those interested, the difference is detailed here:

I think you're correct. Thanks for the correction. I've updated the post. The difference is subtle, and for those interested, the difference is detailed here: https://haslab.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/version-vectors-are-not-vector-clocks/ https://haslab.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/version-vectors-are-... Vector Clocks need to establish a partial order among a, potentially ever growing, set of events occurring in the processes. Version Vectors need to establish a partial order (more precisely a pre-order) among the replicas in the distributed system.