The Blockchain Consensus Layer and BFT

Ittai Abraham, Dahlia Malkhi, The Distributed Computing Column by Stefan Schmid

Abstract


In this paper, we analyze Blockchain consensus protocols in the lens of the foundations
of distributed computing. Our goal is to present analogies and connections between
Blockchain protocols and Byzantine fault tolerant (BFT) protocols. We also discuss opportunities
to consider hybrid solutions

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