Distributed Consensus: Beating Impossibility with Probability One
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Distributed Consensus: Beating Impossibility with Probability One was first seen on Lobsters · Hottest on Oct 31, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 1 check on 1 different day. Its best position was #7 of 25, reached on Oct 31, 19:21 UTC. It dropped off the list after Oct 31, 19:21 UTC.
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Does anyone know of any papers that extend Ben-Or beyond binary consensus? I also found this, which seems to be a survey of randomized consensus algorithms: http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/aspnes/papers/randomized-consensus-survey.pdf
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