Challenge 3c: Fault-Tolerant Broadcast

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The network gets nasty! Now we need to handle network partitions and message losses. This is where distributed systems get real.

What it Does

The Approach

Added fault tolerance with:

  1. Retry Logic: Failed gossip messages get retried

  2. Periodic Sync: Regularly share our full message set with neighbors

  3. Partition Recovery: When network heals, nodes catch up automatically

  4. Exponential Backoff: Don't spam failed nodes

Key Improvements

The Real Challenge

Network partitions are tricky:

What I Learned

This foundation now supports the efficiency challenges - how to scale this up!

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