What is the Two Generals Problem?

Jesse L
4 min readAug 19, 2021

Hi everyone, welcome back. Have you heard of the two general’s problem? Or sometimes it is also referred to as the ‘Two Generals Paradox’ or the ‘Two Armies Problem.’ We will go over the Two Generals Problem in this article and understand it as best as we can.

The Two Generals Problem is a challenge that was designed to visualize the attempt for computers to perform an action through communications which…

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Jesse L

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