The Byzantine general problem is the field of research dealing with consensus/consistency issues like what we discuss here. The baseline is that there are two g

The Byzantine general problem is the field of research dealing with consensus/consistency issues like what we discuss here. The baseline is that there are two generals on a battlefield trying to coordinate an attack, they send messengers to communicate but any message might be lost or intercepted. The problem is proven to be unsolvable so let's not go heads in assuming you can be sure of any outcome ;) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Generals%27_Problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Generals%27_Problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_fault https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_fault