AnthonyDifference between Multi-Paxos and Viewstamped ReplicationThese two protocols are know to be similar. In fact, when Multi-Paxos (MP) has a stable leader, the first phase is skipped. The remaining…May 2, 2022May 2, 2022
AnthonyWhy HotStuff have one more phase than PBFTSetting apart the first phase where the primary broadcasts the request, PBFT has two phases, and HotStuff has three phases. So, why does…Mar 13, 2022Mar 13, 2022
AnthonyPaper Summary: Practical Byzantine Fault TolerancePBFT is a consensus protocol that tolerates Byzantine failures in a distributed system. This blog is to study the implementation.Mar 12, 2022Mar 12, 2022
AnthonyPaper Summary: Red Belly: A Secure, Fair and Scalable Open BlockchainThis is a summary of the paper Red Belly: A Secure, Fair and Scalable Open Blockchain, published on IEEE, SP’21.Mar 7, 2022Mar 7, 2022
AnthonyPaper Summary: Proof-of-Stake SidechainsThis is a summary of the paper Proof-of-Stake Sidechains, which is published on IEEE SP’19.Mar 1, 2022Mar 1, 2022
AnthonyMake database isolation levels understandableWhat makes isolation levels difficult to understand is not what they are but why they are what they are. This blog tries to clarify them by…Feb 24, 2022Feb 24, 2022