aof-db 2.4.68

package/LICENSE

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package/README.md

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+<h1 align="center">⚡ aof-db</h1>
+<p align="center"><b>The embedded database that goes brrr.</b></p>
+<p align="center"><i>Stupid-fast, append-only, zero-server storage you drop into your app and forget about.</i></p>
+
+---
+
+```
+63,400 writes/sec        1,340,000 point reads/sec        one fsync per batch
+```
+
+aof-db is a **tiny, blazing-fast, in-process** datastore. No daemon. No schema migrations. No 400 MB of dependencies. Just `import` it and start flooding it with data — it keeps up.
+
+## Why people can't shut up about it
+
+- 🏎️ **Fast where it counts.** Append-only + group-commit: one `fsync` per *batch*, not per record. Bigger batches get **cheaper per item**. Throughput goes *up* under load, not down.
+- 🪶 **Featherweight.** In-process, near-zero footprint. Boots instantly, runs in memory, persists when you say so.
+- 🧷 **Durable, not fragile.** Every write is hash-chained and the log replays clean on open — crash-safe without the ceremony.
+- 🚀 **Scales with your ambition.** Same engine family as **crypto-database** — flip on the content-addressed DAG the day you need time-travel and tamper-evidence. Start fast, grow powerful.
+
+## Install (10 seconds, tops)
+
+```bash
+npm install aof-db     #  pip install aof-db     #  cargo add aof-db
+```
+
+```js
+import { NedbCore } from "aof-db";
+const db = new NedbCore();
+console.time("100k");
+for (let i = 0; i < 100_000; i++) db.put("events", String(i), JSON.stringify({ t: Date.now(), i }));
+db.flush();              // one durable group-commit for the whole burst
+console.timeEnd("100k"); // …go on, time it.
+```
+
+## Built for
+
+Edge & embedded · high-throughput event logging · local-first apps · game state · CLIs · **anywhere "just make it fast" beats "stand up a server."**
+
+> **Note:** aof-db was previously published as `nitrodb`. The rename aligns the public package name with what it is — an append-only-file (AOF) fast-path distribution of NEDB. Same engine, same speed, new name.
+
+<p align="center"><b>If aof-db just saved your afternoon, ⭐ it and tell a friend.</b></p>
+
+---
+
+<sub>aof-db is a distribution of the <b>NEDB</b> engine, tuned for speed + simplicity (benchmarks measured on commodity hardware — yours will vary). Engine development: <a href="https://github.com/Eth-Interchained/nedb">Eth-Interchained/nedb</a>. © Interchained LLC.</sub>

package/index.d.ts

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+/* tslint:disable */
+/* eslint-disable */
+
+/* auto-generated by NAPI-RS */
+
+export declare class NedbCore {
+  /** Create an in-memory v2 DAG database — zero disk I/O. */
+  constructor()
+  /**
+   * Open a durable v2 DAG database at `path`.
+   * Automatically migrates v1 AOF → v2 DAG on first open.
+   */
+  static open(path: string): NedbCore
+  createIndex(coll: string, field: string, kind: string): void
+  /** Put a document. Returns the stored doc as a JSON string. */
+  put(coll: string, id: string, docJson: string): string
+  /** Full put with optional client / nonce — API compat, v2 ignores these. */
+  putEx(coll: string, id: string, docJson: string, client?: string | undefined | null, nonce?: bigint | undefined | null, idem?: string | undefined | null): string
+  delete(coll: string, id: string): void
+  deleteEx(coll: string, id: string, client?: string | undefined | null, nonce?: bigint | undefined | null, idem?: string | undefined | null): void
+  /** Link: stored as a doc in __links__ collection for NQL traversal. */
+  link(frm: string, rel: string, to: string): void
+  unlink(frm: string, rel: string, to: string): void
+  get(coll: string, id: string): string | null
+  getAsOf(coll: string, id: string, asOf: bigint): string | null
+  query(nqlStr: string): Array<string>
+  neighbors(frm: string, rel: string): Array<string>
+  neighborsAsOf(frm: string, rel: string, asOf: bigint): Array<string>
+  inbound(to: string, rel: string): Array<string>
+  inboundAsOf(to: string, rel: string, asOf: bigint): Array<string>
+  verify(): boolean
+  head(): string
+  seq(): bigint
+  /** Flush WAL and MANIFEST — v2 equivalent of v1 flush(). */
+  flush(): void
+}

package/index.js

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+/* tslint:disable */
+/* eslint-disable */
+/* prettier-ignore */
+
+/* auto-generated by NAPI-RS */
+
+const { existsSync, readFileSync } = require('fs')
+const { join } = require('path')
+
+const { platform, arch } = process
+
+let nativeBinding = null
+let localFileExisted = false
+let loadError = null
+
+function isMusl() {
+  // For Node 10
+  if (!process.report || typeof process.report.getReport !== 'function') {
+    try {
+      const lddPath = require('child_process').execSync('which ldd').toString().trim()
+      return readFileSync(lddPath, 'utf8').includes('musl')
+    } catch (e) {
+      return true
+    }
+  } else {
+    const { glibcVersionRuntime } = process.report.getReport().header
+    return !glibcVersionRuntime
+  }
+}
+
+switch (platform) {
+  case 'android':
+    switch (arch) {
+      case 'arm64':
+        localFileExisted = existsSync(join(__dirname, 'aof-db.android-arm64.node'))
+        try {
+          if (localFileExisted) {
+            nativeBinding = require('./aof-db.android-arm64.node')
+          } else {
+            nativeBinding = require('aof-db-android-arm64')
+          }
+        } catch (e) {
+          loadError = e
+        }
+        break
+      case 'arm':
+        localFileExisted = existsSync(join(__dirname, 'aof-db.android-arm-eabi.node'))
+        try {
+          if (localFileExisted) {
+            nativeBinding = require('./aof-db.android-arm-eabi.node')
+          } else {
+            nativeBinding = require('aof-db-android-arm-eabi')
+          }
+        } catch (e) {
+          loadError = e
+        }
+        break
+      default:
+        throw new Error(`Unsupported architecture on Android ${arch}`)
+    }
+    break
+  case 'win32':
+    switch (arch) {
+      case 'x64':
+        localFileExisted = existsSync(
+          join(__dirname, 'aof-db.win32-x64-msvc.node')
+        )
+        try {
+          if (localFileExisted) {
+            nativeBinding = require('./aof-db.win32-x64-msvc.node')
+          } else {
+            nativeBinding = require('aof-db-win32-x64-msvc')
+          }
+        } catch (e) {
+          loadError = e
+        }
+        break
+      case 'ia32':
+        localFileExisted = existsSync(
+          join(__dirname, 'aof-db.win32-ia32-msvc.node')
+        )
+        try {
+          if (localFileExisted) {
+            nativeBinding = require('./aof-db.win32-ia32-msvc.node')
+          } else {
+            nativeBinding = require('aof-db-win32-ia32-msvc')
+          }
+        } catch (e) {
+          loadError = e
+        }
+        break
+      case 'arm64':
+        localFileExisted = existsSync(
+          join(__dirname, 'aof-db.win32-arm64-msvc.node')
+        )
+        try {
+          if (localFileExisted) {
+            nativeBinding = require('./aof-db.win32-arm64-msvc.node')
+          } else {
+            nativeBinding = require('aof-db-win32-arm64-msvc')
+          }
+        } catch (e) {
+          loadError = e
+        }
+        break
+      default:
+        throw new Error(`Unsupported architecture on Windows: ${arch}`)
+    }
+    break
+  case 'darwin':
+    localFileExisted = existsSync(join(__dirname, 'aof-db.darwin-universal.node'))
+    try {
+      if (localFileExisted) {
+        nativeBinding = require('./aof-db.darwin-universal.node')
+      } else {
+        nativeBinding = require('aof-db-darwin-universal')
+      }
+      break
+    } catch {}
+    switch (arch) {
+      case 'x64':
+        localFileExisted = existsSync(join(__dirname, 'aof-db.darwin-x64.node'))
+        try {
+          if (localFileExisted) {
+            nativeBinding = require('./aof-db.darwin-x64.node')
+          } else {
+            nativeBinding = require('aof-db-darwin-x64')
+          }
+        } catch (e) {
+          loadError = e
+        }
+        break
+      case 'arm64':
+        localFileExisted = existsSync(
+          join(__dirname, 'aof-db.darwin-arm64.node')
+        )
+        try {
+          if (localFileExisted) {
+            nativeBinding = require('./aof-db.darwin-arm64.node')
+          } else {
+            nativeBinding = require('aof-db-darwin-arm64')
+          }
+        } catch (e) {
+          loadError = e
+        }
+        break
+      default:
+        throw new Error(`Unsupported architecture on macOS: ${arch}`)
+    }
+    break
+  case 'freebsd':
+    if (arch !== 'x64') {
+      throw new Error(`Unsupported architecture on FreeBSD: ${arch}`)
+    }
+    localFileExisted = existsSync(join(__dirname, 'aof-db.freebsd-x64.node'))
+    try {
+      if (localFileExisted) {
+        nativeBinding = require('./aof-db.freebsd-x64.node')
+      } else {
+        nativeBinding = require('aof-db-freebsd-x64')
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      loadError = e
+    }
+    break
+  case 'linux':
+    switch (arch) {
+      case 'x64':
+        if (isMusl()) {
+          localFileExisted = existsSync(
+            join(__dirname, 'aof-db.linux-x64-musl.node')
+          )
+          try {
+            if (localFileExisted) {
+              nativeBinding = require('./aof-db.linux-x64-musl.node')
+            } else {
+              nativeBinding = require('aof-db-linux-x64-musl')
+            }
+          } catch (e) {
+            loadError = e
+          }
+        } else {
+          localFileExisted = existsSync(
+            join(__dirname, 'aof-db.linux-x64-gnu.node')
+          )
+          try {
+            if (localFileExisted) {
+              nativeBinding = require('./aof-db.linux-x64-gnu.node')
+            } else {
+              nativeBinding = require('aof-db-linux-x64-gnu')
+            }
+          } catch (e) {
+            loadError = e
+          }
+        }
+        break
+      case 'arm64':
+        if (isMusl()) {
+          localFileExisted = existsSync(
+            join(__dirname, 'aof-db.linux-arm64-musl.node')
+          )
+          try {
+            if (localFileExisted) {
+              nativeBinding = require('./aof-db.linux-arm64-musl.node')
+            } else {
+              nativeBinding = require('aof-db-linux-arm64-musl')
+            }
+          } catch (e) {
+            loadError = e
+          }
+        } else {
+          localFileExisted = existsSync(
+            join(__dirname, 'aof-db.linux-arm64-gnu.node')
+          )
+          try {
+            if (localFileExisted) {
+              nativeBinding = require('./aof-db.linux-arm64-gnu.node')
+            } else {
+              nativeBinding = require('aof-db-linux-arm64-gnu')
+            }
+          } catch (e) {
+            loadError = e
+          }
+        }
+        break
+      case 'arm':
+        if (isMusl()) {
+          localFileExisted = existsSync(
+            join(__dirname, 'aof-db.linux-arm-musleabihf.node')
+          )
+          try {
+            if (localFileExisted) {
+              nativeBinding = require('./aof-db.linux-arm-musleabihf.node')
+            } else {
+              nativeBinding = require('aof-db-linux-arm-musleabihf')
+            }
+          } catch (e) {
+            loadError = e
+          }
+        } else {
+          localFileExisted = existsSync(
+            join(__dirname, 'aof-db.linux-arm-gnueabihf.node')
+          )
+          try {
+            if (localFileExisted) {
+              nativeBinding = require('./aof-db.linux-arm-gnueabihf.node')
+            } else {
+              nativeBinding = require('aof-db-linux-arm-gnueabihf')
+            }
+          } catch (e) {
+            loadError = e
+          }
+        }
+        break
+      case 'riscv64':
+        if (isMusl()) {
+          localFileExisted = existsSync(
+            join(__dirname, 'aof-db.linux-riscv64-musl.node')
+          )
+          try {
+            if (localFileExisted) {
+              nativeBinding = require('./aof-db.linux-riscv64-musl.node')
+            } else {
+              nativeBinding = require('aof-db-linux-riscv64-musl')
+            }
+          } catch (e) {
+            loadError = e
+          }
+        } else {
+          localFileExisted = existsSync(
+            join(__dirname, 'aof-db.linux-riscv64-gnu.node')
+          )
+          try {
+            if (localFileExisted) {
+              nativeBinding = require('./aof-db.linux-riscv64-gnu.node')
+            } else {
+              nativeBinding = require('aof-db-linux-riscv64-gnu')
+            }
+          } catch (e) {
+            loadError = e
+          }
+        }
+        break
+      case 's390x':
+        localFileExisted = existsSync(
+          join(__dirname, 'aof-db.linux-s390x-gnu.node')
+        )
+        try {
+          if (localFileExisted) {
+            nativeBinding = require('./aof-db.linux-s390x-gnu.node')
+          } else {
+            nativeBinding = require('aof-db-linux-s390x-gnu')
+          }
+        } catch (e) {
+          loadError = e
+        }
+        break
+      default:
+        throw new Error(`Unsupported architecture on Linux: ${arch}`)
+    }
+    break
+  default:
+    throw new Error(`Unsupported OS: ${platform}, architecture: ${arch}`)
+}
+
+if (!nativeBinding) {
+  if (loadError) {
+    throw loadError
+  }
+  throw new Error(`Failed to load native binding`)
+}
+
+const { NedbCore } = nativeBinding
+
+module.exports.NedbCore = NedbCore

package/nedbd-v2.js

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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+// nedbd-v2 — thin platform shim that locates and spawns the right
+// pre-built native binary for the current platform/arch.
+//
+// The actual native binaries are shipped alongside this file in the
+// npm package root (same directory as package.json). Naming convention
+// matches the .node files produced by napi-rs:
+//
+//   Linux x64    -> nedbd-v2-linux-x64
+//   Windows x64  -> nedbd-v2-win-x64.exe
+//   macOS arm64  -> nedbd-v2-darwin-arm64
+//   macOS x64    -> nedbd-v2-darwin-x64
+//
+// We pass through stdin/stdout/stderr and exit with the child's exit code so
+// `npx nedbd-v2 …` is indistinguishable from invoking the binary directly.
+
+"use strict";
+
+const { spawn } = require("child_process");
+const path = require("path");
+const fs = require("fs");
+
+function resolveBinaryName() {
+  const platform = process.platform; // 'linux' | 'darwin' | 'win32' | ...
+  const arch = process.arch;         // 'x64' | 'arm64' | ...
+
+  if (platform === "linux" && arch === "x64") {
+    return "nedbd-v2-linux-x64";
+  }
+  if (platform === "win32" && arch === "x64") {
+    return "nedbd-v2-win-x64.exe";
+  }
+  if (platform === "darwin" && arch === "arm64") {
+    return "nedbd-v2-darwin-arm64";
+  }
+  if (platform === "darwin" && arch === "x64") {
+    return "nedbd-v2-darwin-x64";
+  }
+  return null;
+}
+
+function main() {
+  const name = resolveBinaryName();
+  if (!name) {
+    process.stderr.write(
+      `nedbd-v2: unsupported platform/arch: ${process.platform}/${process.arch}\n` +
+        `Supported: linux-x64, win32-x64, darwin-arm64, darwin-x64\n`
+    );
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  const binPath = path.join(__dirname, name);
+  if (!fs.existsSync(binPath)) {
+    process.stderr.write(
+      `nedbd-v2: binary not found for this platform: ${binPath}\n` +
+        `The nedb-engine npm package may be missing the prebuilt binary for ` +
+        `${process.platform}/${process.arch}.\n`
+    );
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  // Ensure executable bit on POSIX (npm sometimes strips it from tarballs).
+  if (process.platform !== "win32") {
+    try {
+      fs.chmodSync(binPath, 0o755);
+    } catch (_err) {
+      // best-effort; ignore — spawn will surface a clearer error if needed.
+    }
+  }
+
+  const child = spawn(binPath, process.argv.slice(2), {
+    stdio: "inherit",
+    windowsHide: false,
+  });
+
+  child.on("error", (err) => {
+    process.stderr.write(`nedbd-v2: failed to spawn ${binPath}: ${err.message}\n`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  });
+
+  child.on("exit", (code, signal) => {
+    if (signal) {
+      // Re-raise the signal so shells see the correct termination cause.
+      process.kill(process.pid, signal);
+      return;
+    }
+    process.exit(code === null ? 1 : code);
+  });
+}
+
+main();

package/package.json

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+{
+  "name": "aof-db",
+  "version": "2.4.68",
+  "description": "NEDB — hash-chained, time-traveling, bi-temporal embedded database with Rust native core. SQL, Redis, MongoDB adapters. Causal Write Provenance. RESP2 wire protocol.",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "types": "index.d.ts",
+  "bin": {
+    "nedbd-v2": "./nedbd-v2.js",
+    "nedbdv2": "./nedbd-v2.js"
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "index.js",
+    "index.d.ts",
+    "nedbd-v2.js",
+    "*.node",
+    "nedbd-v2*",
+    "test/smoke.mjs",
+    "README.md",
+    "LICENSE"
+  ],
+  "license": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/aiassistsecure/nedb#readme",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/aiassistsecure/nedb.git"
+  },
+  "keywords": [
+    "database",
+    "embedded",
+    "mvcc",
+    "time-travel",
+    "bi-temporal",
+    "causal-provenance",
+    "tamper-evident",
+    "hash-chain",
+    "versioning",
+    "napi-rs",
+    "rust",
+    "nedb",
+    "aof",
+    "aof-db"
+  ],
+  "engines": {
+    "node": ">= 16"
+  },
+  "napi": {
+    "name": "aof-db",
+    "triples": {
+      "defaults": true,
+      "additional": [
+        "aarch64-apple-darwin",
+        "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu",
+        "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc"
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "napi build --release --platform --cargo-cwd rust/crates/nedb-node",
+    "build:debug": "napi build --platform --cargo-cwd rust/crates/nedb-node",
+    "test": "node test/smoke.mjs"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@napi-rs/cli": "^2.18.0"
+  }
+}

package/test/smoke.mjs

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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+// nedb-engine — cinematic smoke test (`npm test`)
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// A five-act tour of the engine, driven entirely by the real native addon
+// (NedbCore — the same prebuilt .node binary the npm package ships). No external
+// deps; Node built-ins only. Exits 0 on success.
+//
+//   Act I    — v1: the legacy append-only op-log (log.aof)
+//   Act II   — automatic v1 -> v2 DAG migration (zero user action, lossless)
+//   Act III  — v2: the content-addressed, hash-chained, time-traveling DAG
+//   Act IV   — v3: the segment/pack object store (one fsync per group-commit)
+//   Act V    — The Honest Dispatch: a causal rideshare decision you can audit
+//
+// © INTERCHAINED LLC × Claude Opus 4.8
+import os from 'node:os';
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
+
+// ── tiny presentation toolkit ───────────────────────────────────────────────
+const COLOR = process.stdout.isTTY && !process.env.NO_COLOR;
+const sgr = (code) => (s) => (COLOR ? `\x1b[${code}m${s}\x1b[0m` : String(s));
+const dim = sgr('2'), bold = sgr('1'), ul = sgr('4');
+const cyan = sgr('36'), green = sgr('32'), yellow = sgr('33');
+const magenta = sgr('35'), blue = sgr('34'), red = sgr('31');
+
+const log = (...a) => console.log(...a);
+const rule = (ch = '─') => log(dim(ch.repeat(74)));
+function act(n, title, subtitle) {
+  log('');
+  rule('═');
+  log(`${bold(magenta(`  ACT ${n}`))}  ${bold(title)}`);
+  if (subtitle) log(`  ${dim(subtitle)}`);
+  rule('═');
+}
+const step = (s) => log(`  ${cyan('→')} ${s}`);
+const tick = (s) => log(`  ${green('✓')} ${s}`);
+const note = (s) => log(`    ${dim(s)}`);
+const kv = (k, v) => log(`    ${dim(k.padEnd(16))} ${v}`);
+
+// Positive sanity guard — confirms an invariant; only speaks up if reality
+// disagrees (which, on an intact build, it won't).
+function expect(cond, msg) {
+  if (!cond) {
+    log(`  ${red('✗')} ${bold('unexpected:')} ${msg}`);
+    process.exitCode = 1;
+    throw new Error(msg);
+  }
+}
+
+const short = (h) => (h ? `${h.slice(0, 12)}…` : '∅');
+const tmp = (label) => fs.mkdtempSync(path.join(os.tmpdir(), `nedb-smoke-${label}-`));
+const rm = (d) => { try { fs.rmSync(d, { recursive: true, force: true }); } catch {} };
+
+// ── resolve the native addon (installed package, or in-repo after a build) ───
+let NedbCore;
+try {
+  ({ NedbCore } = await import('nedb-engine'));
+} catch {
+  try {
+    ({ NedbCore } = await import(new URL('../index.js', import.meta.url)));
+  } catch (err) {
+    log(red(bold('\n  nedb-engine native addon not found.')));
+    note('This smoke test drives the prebuilt NedbCore binding.');
+    note('From a source checkout, build it first:  npm run build');
+    note(`(${err && err.message ? err.message : err})`);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+}
+
+// ── banner ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+log('');
+log(bold(cyan('  N E D B   ·   native smoke test')));
+log(dim('  hash-chained · bi-temporal · causal-provenance · v1→v2→v3'));
+
+const cleanup = [];
+const t0 = Date.now();
+try {
+
+  // ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+  act('I', 'v1 — the legacy append-only op-log', 'where NEDB began: one JSON op per line, in log.aof');
+
+  const v1dir = tmp('v1'); cleanup.push(v1dir);
+  // The v1 wire format the migrator understands: {seq, op, ts, payload:{coll,id,doc}}.
+  // A tiny legacy "rides ledger" left behind by an older NEDB.
+  const v1ops = [
+    { seq: 0, op: 'put', ts: 1719400000.0, payload: { coll: 'trips',   id: 't-1001', doc: { rider: 'maya', driver: 'sam', fare: 18.5, city: 'metropolis' } } },
+    { seq: 1, op: 'put', ts: 1719400100.0, payload: { coll: 'trips',   id: 't-1002', doc: { rider: 'omar', driver: 'ana', fare: 24.0, city: 'metropolis' } } },
+    { seq: 2, op: 'put', ts: 1719400200.0, payload: { coll: 'drivers', id: 'sam',    doc: { name: 'Sam', rating: 4.97, joined: 2024 } } },
+  ];
+  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(v1dir, 'log.aof'), v1ops.map((o) => JSON.stringify(o)).join('\n') + '\n');
+  step(`wrote a legacy ${bold('log.aof')} — ${v1ops.length} ops, append-only, plain JSON`);
+  for (const o of v1ops) note(`${o.op.toUpperCase()} ${o.payload.coll}/${o.payload.id}  ${JSON.stringify(o.payload.doc)}`);
+  note('No hashes. No chain. No time-travel. Just an op log — that\'s v1.');
+
+  // ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+  act('II', 'v1 → v2 — automatic migration', 'open() detects log.aof and rebuilds it as a content-addressed DAG');
+
+  step(`${bold('NedbCore.open(dir)')} — the engine speaks for itself:`);
+  const migrated = NedbCore.open(v1dir);   // <- triggers migrate_if_needed()
+  const t1001 = JSON.parse(migrated.get('trips', 't-1001'));
+  tick(`legacy data is live in v2: trips/t-1001 → fare ${bold(t1001.fare)}, rider ${bold(t1001.rider)}`);
+  kv('now content-addressed', `_hash ${cyan(short(t1001._hash))}  (BLAKE2b-256, ${t1001._hash.length} hex chars)`);
+  expect(t1001._hash && t1001._hash.length === 64, 'migrated node is content-addressed');
+
+  const bakKept = fs.existsSync(path.join(v1dir, 'log.aof.v1.bak'));
+  const aofGone = !fs.existsSync(path.join(v1dir, 'log.aof'));
+  tick(`non-destructive: original preserved as ${bold('log.aof.v1.bak')} (${bakKept ? 'kept' : 'MISSING'})`);
+  expect(bakKept && aofGone, 'log.aof renamed to .v1.bak after migration');
+  tick(`integrity after migration: verify() = ${green(String(migrated.verify()))}`);
+  expect(migrated.verify() === true, 'migrated store verifies clean');
+  note('Zero user action. Lossless. Reversible. The op-log became a DAG.');
+
+  // ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+  act('III', 'v2 — the content-addressed DAG', 'hash chain · MVCC time-travel · causal graph · tamper-evident');
+
+  const v2 = new NedbCore();   // pure in-memory v2 — zero disk I/O
+  step('a fresh in-memory v2 DAG (no disk) — watch the Merkle head advance');
+  const h0 = v2.head(), s0 = v2.seq();
+  for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) v2.put('blocks', String(i), JSON.stringify({ height: i, note: `block ${i}` }));
+  kv('seq', `${dim(String(s0))} → ${bold(String(v2.seq()))}   (every write extends the chain)`);
+  kv('head', `${dim(short(h0))} → ${bold(short(v2.head()))}`);
+  expect(v2.seq() > s0 && v2.head() !== h0, 'chain advanced');
+
+  step('NQL — a real query language over the DAG');
+  kv('FROM blocks', `${v2.query('FROM blocks').length} rows`);
+  const q = v2.query('FROM blocks WHERE height = 3').map(JSON.parse);
+  kv('… WHERE height = 3', `${q.length} row → ${JSON.stringify({ height: q[0].height, note: q[0].note })}`);
+
+  step('MVCC time-travel — AS OF a past sequence');
+  const v1n = JSON.parse(v2.put('account', 'alice', JSON.stringify({ balance: 100 })));
+  const asOf = BigInt(v1n._seq);
+  v2.put('account', 'alice', JSON.stringify({ balance: 250 }));   // new version, same id
+  const nowBal = JSON.parse(v2.get('account', 'alice')).balance;
+  const thenBal = JSON.parse(v2.getAsOf('account', 'alice', asOf)).balance;
+  kv('alice now', bold(`$${nowBal}`));
+  kv(`alice AS OF #${asOf}`, bold(`$${thenBal}`) + dim('  ← the past is still there, exactly'));
+  expect(nowBal === 250 && thenBal === 100, 'AS OF returns the historical version');
+
+  step('causal graph — typed edges you can traverse');
+  v2.link('blocks:4', 'prev', 'blocks:3');
+  v2.link('blocks:3', 'prev', 'blocks:2');
+  kv('neighbors(4,prev)', JSON.stringify(v2.neighbors('blocks:4', 'prev')));
+  kv('inbound(3,prev)', JSON.stringify(v2.inbound('blocks:3', 'prev')) + dim('  ← who points at me?'));
+
+  step('tamper-evidence — the whole store self-verifies');
+  tick(`verify() = ${green(String(v2.verify()))}  ${dim('— every node\'s hash checked against its content')}`);
+  expect(v2.verify() === true, 'intact store verifies clean');
+
+  // ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+  act('IV', 'v3 — the segment/pack object store', 'same API, denser substrate: one fsync per group-commit, not per object');
+
+  const docs = 64;
+  const sample = (i) => JSON.stringify({ i, payload: `coin-${i}`, ts: 1719400000 + i });
+
+  // v2 substrate (env unset): loose objects — one file per write.
+  delete process.env.NEDB_DAG_V3;
+  const looseDir = tmp('v2loose'); cleanup.push(looseDir);
+  const looseDb = NedbCore.open(looseDir);
+  for (let i = 0; i < docs; i++) looseDb.put('utxo', String(i), sample(i));
+  looseDb.flush();
+  const looseObjs = countFiles(path.join(looseDir, 'objects'));
+  step(`v2 default substrate — ${bold(docs)} writes`);
+  kv('objects/ layout', `${bold(looseObjs)} loose object files  ${dim('(content-addressed, one per object)')}`);
+
+  // v3 substrate (env set BEFORE open — the engine reads it per-open).
+  process.env.NEDB_DAG_V3 = '1';
+  const segDir = tmp('v3seg'); cleanup.push(segDir);
+  const segDb = NedbCore.open(segDir);
+  for (let i = 0; i < docs; i++) segDb.put('utxo', String(i), sample(i));
+  segDb.flush();
+  const segPath = path.join(segDir, 'objects', 'segments');
+  const segFiles = fs.existsSync(segPath) ? fs.readdirSync(segPath).filter((f) => f.endsWith('.dat')) : [];
+  step(`v3 segment substrate — ${bold(docs)} writes  ${dim('(NEDB_DAG_V3=1)')}`);
+  if (segFiles.length) {
+    const seg0 = path.join(segPath, segFiles[0]);
+    const sz = fs.statSync(seg0).size;
+    kv('objects/segments/', `${bold(segFiles.length)} segment file: ${cyan(segFiles[0])} (${sz} bytes)`);
+    note(`${docs} objects packed into ${segFiles.length} append-only segment — the metadata-write ceiling is gone.`);
+  } else {
+    note('segment file not present yet (objects buffered) — engine still serving from memory+WAL.');
+  }
+  step('v3 round-trips and verifies after reopen');
+  const segReopen = NedbCore.open(segDir);  // env still set → reopen as v3
+  const rt = JSON.parse(segReopen.get('utxo', '7'));
+  kv('reopen → utxo/7', JSON.stringify({ i: rt.i, payload: rt.payload }));
+  tick(`verify() = ${green(String(segReopen.verify()))}  ${dim('— segment store + dual-read of any v2 loose objects')}`);
+  expect(rt.i === 7 && segReopen.verify() === true, 'v3 persists and verifies across reopen');
+  delete process.env.NEDB_DAG_V3;   // leave the environment as we found it
+
+  // ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
+  act('V', 'The Honest Dispatch', 'a rideshare match that ends in a good choice — because the data says so');
+
+  const rs = new NedbCore();
+  step('the world at request time — a rider and three real candidates');
+  // Facts. Each put() returns the stored node; we keep its _hash as an immutable
+  // citation we can later prove the decision was built from.
+  const req = JSON.parse(rs.put('request', 'trip-9001', JSON.stringify({
+    rider: 'maya', from: 'zone:downtown', to: 'airport', when: '18:10', wants: 'fast pickup',
+  })));
+  const surge = JSON.parse(rs.put('surge', 'zone:downtown', JSON.stringify({ multiplier: 1.2, at: '18:10' })));
+
+  const drivers = {
+    sam: { name: 'Sam', rating: 4.97, etaMin: 4, distMi: 0.7, recentCancels: 0, acceptsPool: true },
+    lee: { name: 'Lee', rating: 4.61, etaMin: 2, distMi: 0.3, recentCancels: 2, acceptsPool: false },
+    ana: { name: 'Ana', rating: 4.99, etaMin: 9, distMi: 1.2, recentCancels: 0, acceptsPool: true },
+  };
+  const driverHash = {};
+  for (const [id, d] of Object.entries(drivers)) {
+    driverHash[id] = JSON.parse(rs.put('driver', id, JSON.stringify({ ...d, available: true })))._hash;
+  }
+  for (const [id, d] of Object.entries(drivers)) {
+    kv(`driver:${id}`, `${d.name}  ★${d.rating}  eta ${d.etaMin}m  ${d.distMi}mi  cancels ${d.recentCancels}  ${d.acceptsPool ? 'pool' : 'solo'}`);
+  }
+  note(`surge in downtown right now: ${bold(surge.multiplier + '×')}`);
+
+  step('score every candidate from the stored facts — not a hunch, a calculation');
+  // Transparent scoring: reward rating + ETA + pool; penalize recent cancels.
+  const score = (d) => +(
+    d.rating * 2
+    - d.etaMin * 0.25
+    - d.recentCancels * 1.5
+    + (d.acceptsPool ? 0.4 : 0)
+  ).toFixed(3);
+  const ranked = Object.entries(drivers)
+    .map(([id, d]) => ({ id, d, s: score(d) }))
+    .sort((a, b) => b.s - a.s);
+  for (const r of ranked) {
+    const why = r.id === 'lee' ? dim('(closest — but 2 recent cancels drag it down)')
+      : r.id === 'ana' ? dim('(top-rated — but a 9-min ETA for a "fast pickup")')
+      : dim('(4.97★, 4-min ETA, no cancels, takes pool)');
+    kv(`score driver:${r.id}`, `${bold(r.s.toFixed(2))}  ${why}`);
+  }
+  const winner = ranked[0];
+  note(`naive "closest" would pick ${bold('Lee')} (0.3mi). The data picks ${bold(drivers[winner.id].name)}.`);
+
+  step('record the decision — with its causes wired in, permanently');
+  const decision = JSON.parse(rs.put('decision', 'trip-9001', JSON.stringify({
+    chosen: `driver:${winner.id}`,
+    score: winner.s,
+    policy: 'rating+eta+reliability+pool',
+    // caused_by: the exact immutable facts this choice was built from.
+    caused_by: [req._hash, surge._hash, driverHash[winner.id]],
+  })));
+  const decisionSeq = BigInt(decision._seq);
+  rs.link(`decision:trip-9001`, 'chose', `driver:${winner.id}`);
+  for (const r of ranked.slice(1)) rs.link(`decision:trip-9001`, 'considered', `driver:${r.id}`);
+  tick(`chose ${bold('driver:' + winner.id)} (${drivers[winner.id].name})  ·  decision is now a node in the DAG`);
+
+  step('AUDIT — "why did dispatch pick this driver?"  Follow the causal trail.');
+  kv('decision.caused_by', `[ ${decision.caused_by.map(short).join(', ')} ]`);
+  const causeLabel = { [req._hash]: 'the rider\'s request', [surge._hash]: 'the surge snapshot', [driverHash[winner.id]]: `${drivers[winner.id].name}'s live state` };
+  for (const h of decision.caused_by) note(`${cyan(short(h))}  →  ${causeLabel[h] || 'a fact'}`);
+  kv('chose', JSON.stringify(rs.neighbors('decision:trip-9001', 'chose')));
+  kv('considered', JSON.stringify(rs.neighbors('decision:trip-9001', 'considered')) + dim('  ← the alternatives, on the record'));
+
+  step('REPRODUCE — surge spikes after the fact; the decision is unmoved');
+  rs.put('surge', 'zone:downtown', JSON.stringify({ multiplier: 2.5, at: '18:25' }));  // later reality
+  const surgeNow = JSON.parse(rs.get('surge', 'zone:downtown')).multiplier;
+  const surgeThen = JSON.parse(rs.getAsOf('surge', 'zone:downtown', decisionSeq)).multiplier;
+  kv('surge now', bold(surgeNow + '×'));
+  kv('surge AS OF decision', bold(surgeThen + '×') + dim('  ← what the dispatcher actually saw; the audit is reproducible'));
+  expect(surgeThen === 1.2, 'AS OF reconstructs the world at decision time');
+
+  step('the good ending');
+  rs.put('trip', 'trip-9001', JSON.stringify({ status: 'completed', driver: `driver:${winner.id}`, riderRating: 5 }));
+  tick(`${bold('Maya')} matched with ${bold(drivers[winner.id].name)} → trip completed → ${yellow('★★★★★')}`);
+  tick(`fully auditable, content-addressed, reproducible — ${bold('a good choice, grounded in causal data')}`);
+  expect(rs.verify() === true, 'rideshare store verifies clean');
+
+  // ── curtain ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+  log('');
+  rule('═');
+  log(`  ${green(bold('✓ all five acts passed'))}  ${dim(`in ${Date.now() - t0} ms`)}`);
+  log(`  ${dim('v1 → v2 migration · v2 DAG · v3 segments · causal audit — all on the native engine')}`);
+  rule('═');
+  log('');
+} catch (err) {
+  log('');
+  log(red(bold('  smoke test failed:')) + ' ' + (err && err.message ? err.message : String(err)));
+  if (err && err.stack) log(dim(err.stack.split('\n').slice(1, 4).join('\n')));
+  process.exitCode = 1;
+} finally {
+  for (const d of cleanup) rm(d);
+}
+
+// ── helpers ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+function countFiles(root) {
+  let n = 0;
+  const walk = (d) => {
+    let ents;
+    try { ents = fs.readdirSync(d, { withFileTypes: true }); } catch { return; }
+    for (const e of ents) {
+      const p = path.join(d, e.name);
+      if (e.isDirectory()) walk(p); else n++;
+    }
+  };
+  walk(root);
+  return n;
+}