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Board Altcoin Discussion
Re: Satoshi didn't solve the Byzantine generals problem
by
smooth
on 07/02/2016, 22:59:03 UTC
When you see a corrected design, you will understand why not being able to Sybil attack a frame of reference is what enables establishing blame and making the system Byzantine tolerant.

It won't work - you cannot combine the majority-is-truth rule with something which gives power to the minority, because if you do, any faulty minority will be able to overthrow the majority, which leads to divergent chaos.

It may work, up to its specified limits, but then it will fail a different way.