The Byzantine Generals Problem is a game theory problem that reveals the challenges of achieving consensus among a group of mutually suspicious entities using unreliable communication channels. Game ...
It used to be that bitcoin mining was a community affair, but the process of confirming bitcoin transactions now requires an immense amount of hashing power specific to the SHA-256 mining algorithm.
Telegram Open Network published a paper for Catchain, its proposal for a Byzantine Fault Tolerant consensus mechanism that is currently implemented in the testnet. A Feb. 3 paper authored by Nikolai ...