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Why Consensus Fails in Asynchronous Systems with Faults: A Simple Example

IT·技术 · 2026-10-29 10:01

Consensus is hard in asynchronous distributed systems with faulty nodes because there is no bound on message delay, so a faulty process cannot be distinguished from a slow one, allowing an adversary to keep the system from ever agreeing.

Source: medium.com


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