How can a group of mutually distrustful nodes agree on the same ledger? Don’t worry, your class rep is here:
The “Byzantine Generals Problem” was formally described in a 1982 paper by Lamport, Shostak, and Pease. It studies how to reach agreement in the presence of traitors.
The “two-thirds” threshold ensures that any two valid votes overlap in at least some honest nodes, so two mutually contradictory results can’t both be approved.
This useful knowledge won’t make me rich overnight, but it can help me avoid a few pitfalls.
$ATOM 1.831 (+1.33%)
The “Byzantine Generals Problem” was formally described in a 1982 paper by Lamport, Shostak, and Pease. It studies how to reach agreement in the presence of traitors.
The “two-thirds” threshold ensures that any two valid votes overlap in at least some honest nodes, so two mutually contradictory results can’t both be approved.
This useful knowledge won’t make me rich overnight, but it can help me avoid a few pitfalls.
$ATOM 1.831 (+1.33%)