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FLP Impossibility

Understand the FLP Impossibility theorem, which proves that in asynchronous distributed systems, no deterministic consensus algorithm can guarantee agreement, termination, and fault tolerance simultaneously. Learn about the implications for distributed databases and how consensus algorithms adapt by relaxing some constraints.

The FLP (Fischer, Lynch, and Paterson) Impossibility theorem is a fundamental theorem in distributed system consensus. It ...