AWhat changed
Lamport, Shostak and Pease analyzed agreement when some participants send inconsistent or malicious messages, with different results for oral and authenticated messages.
Scientific scope
Lamport, Shostak and Pease analyzed agreement when some participants send inconsistent or malicious messages, with different results for oral and authenticated messages. Scope limitation: The familiar more-than-two-thirds loyal requirement belongs to the stated oral-message model. Timing, delivery and authentication assumptions matter; agreement does not make the agreed scientific claim true.
Evidence
Assessment uses the catalogue-linked source evidence for the stated contribution. The familiar more-than-two-thirds loyal requirement belongs to the stated oral-message model. Timing, delivery and authentication assumptions matter; agreement does not make the agreed scientific claim true.
Contributors
- Leslie Lamport · SCIENCE: Named source contributor; exact labor shares are not measured.
- Robert Shostak · SCIENCE: Named source contributor; exact labor shares are not measured.
- Marshall Pease · SCIENCE: Named source contributor; exact labor shares are not measured.
- The Byzantine Generals Problem
- The Byzantine Generals Problem — deposited bibliography
- Original Byzantine Generals paper
Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.
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