What is consensus? Why does bitcoin need it? #9
We talked about traditional database design, such as master/slave design which does not need a consensus algorithm. We also talked about some fault tolerant consensus algorithm used in database such as raft protocol. That brings to the topic why/when consensus is needed?
We dived into the Bitcoin consensus as well as its use to prevent the double spend.
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