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by jdamon96 1637 days ago
the blockchain is a solution to the Byzantine generals problem.
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No, it is not.

We have no way to know if the other general recieved the message, we can only know that the block chain has committed it.

This is the same as a forum or a blog post. We can make a post, but we don't know if the our other party read it.

If the "enemy" army cut off internet access to one general after it responds to attack, even if a message is committed into a block chain, only one general is attacking at first light.