Ehm yeah. If it was groundbreaking. But there are 5+ other contenders in this field who are dealing with the same issues, and in some cases are fairing better. We are currently evaluating multiple NewSQL vendors, and it really does come down to the details making or breaking the case. I am not sure what potential NDAs I am on so I can't share details, but there is a sharp difference in one company and another claiming "Distributed Serializability". Cockroach for instance enforces a lot of stuff to maintain consistency, and as a result can be (or is) slower. But at least it's also predictable. In the end it's all trade-offs and I actually like the Yugabyte product a lot. I just wish they are more transparent about what choices they made and the impact of that