Paxos consensus algorithm is used to achieve consensus across a set of unreliable processes which are running independently. Consensus is required to agree on a data value proposed by one of the processes. Reaching consensus becomes difficult when processes fail or messages can be lost or delayed. An example of this kind of environment is asynchronous distributed system.| Key Concepts
I will be presenting our new paper, “HoliPaxos: Towards More Predictable Performance in State Machine Replication,” at the VLDB’25. Feel free to ping me if you are there and want to chat!| Aleksey Charapko
This paper (to appear in VLDB'25) proposes a consensus algorithm called "Cabinet", which dynamically adjusts node weights based on responsi...| muratbuffalo.blogspot.com
We have been doing a Zoom distributed systems paper reading group for 5 years and have covered around 190 papers. This semester, we should reach the milestone of 200 papers. Over the years, my commitment to the group has varied — at some point, I was writing paper reviews, and more recently, I’ve had less […]| Aleksey Charapko
In a recent open letter, Paxos CEO Charles Cascarilla expressed concerns that the United States risks falling behind in global finance without adopting stablecoin technology| crypto.news
I have a “pile” of papers that continuously get rejected from any conference. All these papers, according to the reviews, “lack novelty,” and therefore are deemed “not interesting” by the reviewing experts. There are some things in common in these papers — they are either observational or rely on old and proven techniques to solve a problem or improve a system/algorithm. Jokingly, I call this set of papers the “pile of eternal rejections.” Recently, the pile...| Aleksey Charapko
