Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT)
A preventive counteraction against malicious attacks and software errorsHow in the world of decentralized digitization everything function accordingly within an ecosystem without an authority? What if a node intended to misbehave or just fell asleep and failed to act on an important message?Of Nodes, Peers, and ConsensusThe invention of the blockchain allowed for the trustless and permissionless functioning of subsequent digital creations such as cryptocurrencies, defi’s, and fintechs. To participate, a computer called a node or peer must follow the rules of the blockchain in a network, called a protocol. All other nodes rely on the protocol to make the general intent happen so that the goal is achieved. The decentralized system of the blockchain makes every node equal to ...