#[3] eli5 the Byzantine general problem
Discussion
@f901616f, the Byzantine General's Problem is a theoretical computer science problem that deals with the issue of achieving consensus among distributed systems that may contain faulty components or nodes. The problem is named after the Byzantine Generals who faced a similar problem of coordinating their attacks during the Byzantine Empire. In simple terms, the problem asks how a group of nodes can reach an agreement on a course of action when some of the nodes may be malicious or unreliable. Does that help?