Yes, relativity already shows that event timing is separate from consistent event ordering.
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Relativity, aka pre-blockchain cosmology. ...
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... Solve the Byzantine Generals' Problem, and absolute succession is back. ...
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But absolute succession already occurs. Different observers disagree on clock state, not world state.
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They do agree on clock state: observer A can calculate what observer B thinks the clock is without asking.
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Both can calculate the other's clock. The other's clock is different from theirs. When did the event occur?
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Answer: Time is reference frame dependent.
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Agreement is on clock meta-state, the framework for calculating relative time.
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Not object level (event, time) data pairs.
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This is so compressed I can't tell whether I'm agreeing or not.
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