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PBFT vs Proof-of-Authority: Applying the CAP Theorem to Permissioned Blockchain

@inproceedings{Angelis2018PBFTVP,
  title={PBFT vs Proof-of-Authority: Applying the CAP Theorem to Permissioned Blockchain},
  author={Stefano De Angelis and Leonardo Aniello and Roberto Baldoni and Federico Lombardi and Andrea Margheri and Vladimiro Sassone},
  booktitle={ITASEC},
  year={2018}
}
Permissioned blockchains are arising as a solution to federate companies prompting accountable interactions. A variety of consensus algorithms for such blockchains have been proposed, each of which has different benefits and drawbacks. Proof-of-Authority (PoA) is a new family of Byzantine fault-tolerant (BFT) consensus algorithms largely used in practice to ensure better performance than traditional Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance (PBFT). However, the lack of adequate analysis of PoA… Expand
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