Atlas
A protocol is a set of assumptions that happen to have a name.
Use the same questions for every chain. Consensus. Finality. Who executes. Whether the data is published. What fails if a minority colludes. The studies answer those for the papers. A live network can drift from its paper.
The questions
- Who may produce the next block, and how is that right bought?
- When is a block final, as opposed to merely popular?
- Does every honest node execute every transaction?
- If a header is published, can a light client tell that the body was published?
- What is the smallest coalition that can forge a result or freeze the chain?
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Research status is named on the page. Primary sources are linked. This is a mechanism and operating note, not investment suitability, legal advice, a security guarantee or an implementation certificate.
- TendermintA known set and a two-thirds quorum
- AvalancheSampling instead of a full quorum
- LazyLedgerOrder the data. Leave execution to clients
- SolanaA clock, a leader, and a pipeline
- CanonThe wider shelf
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