Practice - Byzantine Agreement
Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions
What is a Byzantine failure?
💡 Hint: Think about what a component can do when it fails.
Why is consensus important in distributed systems?
💡 Hint: Consider the consequences if agreement is not reached.
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Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What is the minimum number of generals required to tolerate 1 traitor?
💡 Hint: Remember the formula for the minimum generals.
True or False: All Byzantine failures lead to crash failures.
💡 Hint: Think about other types of faults Byzantine failures represent.
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Challenge Problems
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Design a Byzantine fault-tolerant algorithm for a distributed database system where performance is crucial, including necessary protocol elements.
💡 Hint: Consider how consensus ensures data integrity and system resilience.
Critique an existing Byzantine Agreement protocol in terms of efficiency and security. What improvements could be suggested?
💡 Hint: Look into current research on optimizing Byzantine fault tolerance.
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