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BYZANTINE GENERALS PROBLEM

[BYZANTINE FAULT TOLERANCE / BFT]

  • Byzantine Fault Tolerance Explained link

  • Marko Vukolic – PoW vs BFT link-

  • If n number of Byzantine generals are attacking an enemy city, then what is the maximum number of traitors that can be tolerated and the battle be won?

  • If n number of nodes are misbehaving (fraudulent, hacked, etc.) towards a ledger, then what is the maximum number of different results and there is still a consensus on what is the true record on the ledger?