Level 3: Distributed systems · L3.1 Time, clocks, consensus & leader election
Why consensus is hard
Explain agreement under failures and majority quorums.
12 min · Pro
What you take away
- Consensus must give agreement, validity and termination — one decided value, one that was proposed, decided eventually.
And 3 more inside the class, in Pro.
How the class is laid out
- The problem
- Check your understanding