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Allow selection of database backend to use
Currently dymint uses only github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v3
we should aim to include at least goleveldb
as additional (maybe default?) option
from tendermint to reference:
# Database backend: goleveldb | cleveldb | boltdb | rocksdb | badgerdb
# * goleveldb (github.com/syndtr/goleveldb - most popular implementation)
# - pure go
# - stable
# * cleveldb (uses levigo wrapper)
# - fast
# - requires gcc
# - use cleveldb build tag (go build -tags cleveldb)
# * boltdb (uses etcd's fork of bolt - github.com/etcd-io/bbolt)
# - EXPERIMENTAL
# - may be faster is some use-cases (random reads - indexer)
# - use boltdb build tag (go build -tags boltdb)
# * rocksdb (uses github.com/tecbot/gorocksdb)
# - EXPERIMENTAL
# - requires gcc
# - use rocksdb build tag (go build -tags rocksdb)
# * badgerdb (uses github.com/dgraph-io/badger)
# - EXPERIMENTAL
# - use badgerdb build tag (go build -tags badgerdb)
In general makes sense. I'd say it requires more research to have a clear understandings of the tradeoffs when used by dymint.