Sorry but I believe this is the use of the term "Byzantine Generals" problem. Because from all the Bitcoin texts I read, whenever that term is used in Bitcoin, it talks about how Proof of Work has solved the "Byzantine Generals" problem because it enables the network to reach a "truth" that everyone agrees upon without trusting each other or a central authority.
nope
the blocks are just a collection of data that conform to the law. blocks and their PoW hash do not solve who/what is giving out the orders of what the law should be
PoW is just hashing a hash
do i really need to say it again to you same group of chums that seem to not understand bitcoin...
research consensus..
put it this way many other coins are sha256 PoW.. do you think their blocks are acceptable to bitcoin because of PoW.
PoW is just about giving block a strong identifier that can easily show if data has been edited.
its consensus that decide the rules of whats acceptable format everyone should follow
if you think pre 2009 unsolvable electronic peer to per cash systems solution was PoW then i guess your next rebuttal will probably be a total satoshi denial and you would probably say how its gregmaxwell, luke and pieters boss that actually invented bitcoin.. (the old "Adam Back solved it with 'hashcash'" mantra)
Honestly, I do not know what you are talking about anymore. We were talking about development and you were talking about the "dev-state" and the Byzantine Generals problem and how that in 2009 - 2013 the developers reached consensus and "reached the truth" without trusting each other?