It describes the problem, but not fully. Either do it properly or link to a complete description.
In this case, unlike what the article states as the problem, the point seems not to be how to send a real number using a single bit, but how to aggregate such bits from many agents that measure some shared thing.
In this case, unlike what the article states as the problem, the point seems not to be how to send a real number using a single bit, but how to aggregate such bits from many agents that measure some shared thing.
That's two very, very different things.