+"""The database houses information on slivers. This information
+reaches the sliver manager in two different ways: one, through the
+GetSlivers() call made periodically; two, by users delivering tickets.
+The sync() method of the Database class turns this data into reality.
+
+The database format is a dictionary that maps account names to records
+(also known as dictionaries). Inside each record, data supplied or
+computed locally is stored under keys that begin with an underscore,
+and data from PLC is stored under keys that don't.
+
+In order to maintain service when the node reboots during a network
+partition, the database is constantly being dumped to disk.
+"""
+