Definition

Byzantine fault tolerance

noun BIZ-an-teen fawlt TOL-er-ans

A consensus mechanism that offers secure validation across a distributed set of data, stemming from information propagation theory labelled as the Byzantine Generals problem.

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Byzantine fault tolerance allows a distributed system to reach agreement despite some faulty participants.

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