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Comment by EthanHeilman

The CAP theorem [0] states that during a network partition a consensus system must either lose availability or consistency.

* Bitcoin loses consistency

* Algorand loses availability

I'm glad Algorand exists so that systems which value consistency over availability can be built.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAP_theorem

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