Re:Why we rolled our own consensus algorithm
by cdiddy2 on Thursday November 15, 2018 @02:17PM
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Luckily I am a computer scientist however it is extremely hard to keep up with everything going on in the blockchain space.
There must be some validity behind the idea of weighted random turn-taking though since it is similar to how the next version(serenity) of ethereum will work based
Promises are cheap.
e.g. IOHK is behind Cardano/ADA, which has a marvellous white paper making all sorts of mathematical promises ... and still runs off a central node.
In this case, it appears to be a system for private blockchains, i.e. a system with central administration. All "consensus" algorithms in this case are variants on taking turns - further elaboration is security theatre, given that attacking the system to that extent would go well beyond the legal agreements to be allowed to participate in the first place.