A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Consensus Algorithms

A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Consensus Algorithms
Zane Witherspoon, Hacker Noon, 2018/02/15
A 'consensus algorithm' is a mechanism for verifying transactions in a distributed network. A transaction doesn't take place until everyone (or a large enough subset of everyone) agrees that it can take place (ie., it isn't contradicted by some previous transaction). But how do you get to have a say in these consensus networks? That's what the algorithms decide. More...