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What are scalability challenges in a centralized sequencer?

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Distributed ID generation requires uniqueness without a single bottleneck — compare UUID, Snowflake, DB sequences, and clock assumptions. What are scalability challenges in a centralized sequencer? — define the concept, explain how it works in production, and call out trade-offs …