The Blockchain Consensus Layer and BFT

Ittai Abraham, Dahlia Malkhi
2017 Bulletin of the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science  
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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