Decentralized Thoughts is a group blog on decentralization, by decentralized thinkers, for decentralized thoughts, of decentralized matters. Decentralized Thoughts is a group blog on decentralization, by decentralized thinkers, for decentralized thoughts, of decentralized matters. {% for post in paginator.posts %} {{ post.title }} {% if post.subtitle %} {{ post.subtitle }}...| decentralizedthoughts.github.io
Since 2018, blockchain research has seen a surge in DAG-based BFT protocols aimed at achieving higher throughput. These protocols trace back to Hashgraph, 2018, Aleph, 2019, the theoretical work of All You Need is DAG, 2021, and systems papers like Narwhal and Bullshark. In this post, we highlight six key...| decentralizedthoughts.github.io
In this series of posts, we explore what can be done in the Asynchronous model. This model seems challenging because the adversary can delay messages by any bounded time. By the end of this series, you will see that almost everything that can be done in synchrony can be obtained...| decentralizedthoughts.github.io
In this post, we show how to solve Validated Asynchronous Byzantine Agreement using the multi-world VABA approach from Abraham, Malkhi, and Spiegelman 2018. What is Validated Asynchronous Byzantine Agreement? Given $n$ parties, with at most $f < n/3$ malicious (the optimal ratio for consensus with asynchronous communication), parties share an...| decentralizedthoughts.github.io
A few years ago if you asked “Can blockchains scale?” most people would give three reasons why, fundamentally, the answer is “No!” Data: every transaction needs to be replicated by every miner (validator). So increasing security by adding more validators inherently causes more replication. Having $n$ validators implies that your...| decentralizedthoughts.github.io
