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Well, no, not quite. It's nowhere near "coherent", as in "all people at a designated time have exactly the same view of the global state", as this is what Byzan
by dozzie 9y ago
Well, no, not quite. It's nowhere near "coherent", as in "all people at
a designated time have exactly the same view of the global state", as this is
what Byzantine generals problem requires. What people in Bitcoin can tell is
which one of the two transactions that share at least one account is earlier.
Bitcoin doesn't solve Byzantine generals problem, it avoids it.