Conflict-free replicated data type

Okay, imagine you and your friend love playing with the same toy. But sometimes, you play with it at the same time and want to do different things with it. This can cause a conflict, and you both might get upset.

Now, let's imagine that instead of just one toy, there are many toys, and you and your friend have to share them all the time. But you still don't want to get in conflicts.

A conflict-free replicated data type (CRDT) is like having many toys that you and your friend can share without getting in fights. Except in this case, we aren't talking about toys, but data that needs to be shared by many people or computers.

CRDT takes the data and copies it many times so that everyone has their own copy. And instead of just letting everyone change the data willy-nilly, it sets up some rules that make sure that everyone is on the same page and that the data stays accurate and safe.

So, just like you and your friend can play with different toys at the same time, everyone can make changes to their own copy of the data without interfering with other people's copies. And, just like you can share toys without getting in conflicts, everyone can share the data without causing any problems or losing important information.