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The displayed Nakamoto coefficient for MINA is inaccurate. Likely this has more significance, as it is the largest (inaccurately) by some margin.
This is caused by using an API of "validators". It…
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## 🐛 Bug Report
Malicious peers can still send spam connection attempts.
## Steps to Reproduce
1. After completing the TCP connection, the malicious peer sends an illegal ChallengeRequest…
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First, congratulations for a fantastic library (that for some reason went under my radar until recently).
I wanted to make a PR for some functionality, but first I would like to know your opinion t…
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This feature is for migrating between the IBFT2 and the QBFT.
The migration will use a hard fork approach specifying which blocks each consensus mechanism will start from.
QBFT is the planned long …
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### Casper 101 - Diving into ethereum's upcoming PoS consensus mechanism
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#### Description
Ethereum currently uses proof of work (PoW) for consensus and achieving finality. After years of amaz…
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Spec defines [Threads](https://identity.foundation/didcomm-messaging/spec/v2.1/#threads-2), a kind of context of communication, within which members exchange messages, where each member maintains a se…
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After studying Istanbul BFT's specification and implementation, we strongly suspect that the system fails to have the desirable liveness property.
Basically, in the current Istanbul protocol, if di…
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Beacon chain protocol assumes validator clocks are roughly synchronized, e.g. [fork choice specs](https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs/blob/dev/specs/phase0/fork-choice.md#fork-choice) states:
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> ⭐: conference
> 💥: following (focused)
> 💡: following (related)
> 🎓: workshop
> **note0**: These are the conferences where distributed/decentralized systems have appeared
> **note1**: I have ad…
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- [x] incorporated reviewer's 606A feedback
1. p. 7: Does Defn 3.3 cover only syntax or also perfect completeness and soundness?
2. Sec 3.3: Motivation/intuition for the formalization of the prope…