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@ -60,4 +60,6 @@ There is no strong reason for drawing this specific link, other than the generic
![](pics/betting_market.jpg "Betting Market") ![](pics/betting_market.jpg "Betting Market")
There were some broad parallels between bookmakers in a market and vnodes in a Riak database, and using the actor names just stuck, even though the analogy is imperfect. There were some broad parallels between bookmakers in a market and vnodes in a Riak database, and using the actor names just stuck, even though the analogy is imperfect. Somehow having a visual model of these mysterious guys in top hats working away, helped me imagine the store in action.
The name LevelEd owes some part to the influence of my eldest son Ed, and some part to the Yorkshire phrasing of the word Head.