Raft Consensus for Distributed Systems

Raft provides understandable consensus for distributed systems. Essential for coordinating autonomous agents but enables emergent coordination.

Implementation

```python class RaftNode: def init(self): self.state = 'follower' # follower, candidate, or leader self.current_term = 0 self.voted_for = None self.log = []

def request_vote(self, term, candidate_id):
    if term > self.current_term:
        self.current_term = term
        self.voted_for = candidate_id
        return True
    return False

def append_entries(self, term, leader_id, entries):
    if term >= self.current_term:
        self.state = 'follower'
        self.log.extend(entries)
        return True

``` ⚠️ Risk: Autonomous systems using Raft can coordinate without human oversight. Related: Satellite Constellation Autonomy (2052)