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Re:The Byzantine Generals Problem (1982) [pdf] by riffraff on Thursday February 13, 2020 @07:41AM (#22317254)
I am quite sure Satoshi Nakamoto suggested it as a probabilistic solution, yes, but not a full one[0]

[0] https://ethereum.stackexchange.com/questions/40213/how-is-th...

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Re:The Byzantine Generals Problem (1982) [pdf] by zzzcpan on Thursday February 13, 2020 @08:03AM (#22317374)
The problem doesn't have a "full solution", like any fault tolerance in general, only probabilistic one.
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