Byzantine fault tolerance
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[edit]Noun
[edit]Byzantine fault tolerance (usually uncountable, plural Byzantine fault tolerances)
- (computing) The dependability of a fault-tolerant (distributed) computer system, where components may fail without perfect information about the state of the components.
- Synonym: BFT
- 2020, Joseph Holbrook, Architecting Enterprise Blockchain Solutions, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 121:
- Byzantine fault tolerance (BFT) came about since it represents a valid solution to the Byzantine Generals Problem. BFT is a crucial part of an effective blockchain platform, and there are multiple ways in which tolerance can be implemented.
Translations
[edit]dependability of a fault-tolerant computer system
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Byzantine fault on Wikipedia.Wikipedia