Worth noting is the fact that this does not require a central transformation server unlike Google Docs' OT approach.

This means you can sync peer-to-peer without an Internet connection if say you have a Bluetooth connection between your phone and your laptop on an airplane.

Martin Kleppmann explains CRDT in detail in an episode of Software Engineering Daily.

https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2017/12/08/decentralize...