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Introduction to Consensus (Part I) with Andrew Lewis-Pye | a16z crypto research talks

Part I of an introduction to the basics of consensus, the protocol to coordinate and maintain a decentralized blockchain. Andrew Lewis-Pye (London School of Economics) discusses how participants can agree on the correct condition of the blockchain and who owns what at any time. He begins with an overview of Byzantine agreement problem; addresses communications channels, faulty processors, and dealing with an adversary; and discusses Byzantine broadcast when there are bounded message delays.

About the speaker
Andy is a Professor at the London School of Economics. He has worked in various fields, including mathematical logic, network science, population genetics, and blockchain. For the last four years his research focus has been on blockchain, where his principal interests are in consensus protocols and tokenomics. More: https://lewis-pye.com/

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