We continue to explore the marvelous world of consensus in the Asynchronous model. In this post, we present Ben-Or’s classic protocol from 1983. In the next post, we will present a more modern version that is a simplified version from our paper. In the previous post we defined the problem...| decentralizedthoughts.github.io
In this third post, we conclude with the celebrated Fischer, Lynch, and Paterson impossibility result from 1985. It is the fundamental lower bound for consensus in the asynchronous model. Theorem 1 (FLP85): Any protocol $\mathcal{P}$ solving consensus in the asynchronous model that is resilient to even just one crash failure...| decentralizedthoughts.github.io
In this series of posts, we explore the marvelous world of consensus in the Asynchronous model. In this third post, we present a modern version of Ben-Or’s classic protocol that is part of our new work on Asynchronous Agreement. In the first post we defined the problem and in the...| decentralizedthoughts.github.io
In this series of posts, we explore the marvelous world of consensus in the Asynchronous model. In this post, we start by simply defining the problem. Recall the FLP theorem: FLP theorem 1985: Any protocol where no two non-faulty parties decide different values in the asynchronous model that is resilient...| decentralizedthoughts.github.io