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What Is the Two Generals Problem in Computer Science?

šŸ’” The Answer

  • It highlights the impossibility of reliably coordinating actions over an unreliable network.
  • Two generals must agree on a time to attack, but messages can be lost.
  • Even with acknowledgments, each message carries risk of failure.
  • This problem underlies fundamental limits of distributed systems and consensus.

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