Research corpus ConsensusBLC-STUDY-0150

The Sleepy Model of Consensus

Only awake nodes participate. A public randomness beacon picks a leader from the awake stake. Sleeping nodes do not have to be online to keep their stake safe.

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Authors: Rafael Pass and Elaine Shi
Date: 2017
Publisher: Rafael Pass and Elaine Shi
Version: Source cited by the 2017 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0150
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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Only awake nodes participate. A public randomness beacon picks a leader from the awake stake. Sleeping nodes do not have to be online to keep their stake safe.

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Pass, R., & Shi, E. (2017). The Sleepy Model of Consensus. Rafael Pass and Elaine Shi. https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/918

BibTeX

@techreport{sleepyconsensus2017,
  title = {The Sleepy Model of Consensus},
  author = {Rafael Pass and Elaine Shi},
  year = {2017},
  institution = {Rafael Pass and Elaine Shi},
  url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/918},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/sleepy-consensus}
}

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Source status: Official source
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