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Define a blockchain for use in space and write about it.
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Review of latest version of paper - minor suggested changes #2

Closed sandJohnson closed 4 years ago

sandJohnson commented 4 years ago

Yes, I agree!

On Thu, 16 Jan 2020 at 15:31, David Hyland-Wood notifications@github.com wrote:

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In Journal of Aerospace Information Systems/Blockchain Properties for Near-Planetary, Interplanetary and Metaplanetary Space Domains/Blockchain Properties for Near-Planetary, Interplanetary and Metaplanetary Space Domains.tex https://github.com/prototypo/blockchains-in-space/pull/2#discussion_r367237461 :

act maliciously, are faulty, or suffer communications failures.

  • Such nodes are commonly called Byzantine\cite{lamport1982byzantine}. The ability of a network to correctly operate in the presence of Byzantine nodes is called Byzantine fault tolerance (BFT).
  • Such nodes are commonly called Byzantine\cite{lamport1982byzantine}. The ability of a network to correctly operate in the presence of Byzantine nodes is called Byzantine fault tolerant (BFT).

I believe "tolerance" is correct in this particular case, because the subject of the sentence is an ability. The -ance suffix is used for a "quality or state", c.f. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/-ance

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