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shawn-butler on Dec 19, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Consus: Fast Geo-Replicated Transactions

In Roman times, grain was essential to life and Consus served as the protector of grain; through its similarity to the word consilium, Consus became associated with secret conferences.

So there you go.

rescrv on Dec 19, 2016 [–]

"... In Modern times, Consus is very similar to the word consensus; not coincidentally the former uses the latter to serve as the protector of data."

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