Crate commonware_consensus

Order opaque messages in a Byzantine environment.

Status

commonware-consensus is ALPHA software and is not yet recommended for production use. Developers should expect breaking changes and occasional instability.

Modules

simplex

Simple and fast BFT agreement inspired by Simplex Consensus.

threshold_simplex

Simplex-like BFT agreement with an embedded VRF and succinct consensus certificates.

Traits

Automaton

Automaton is the interface responsible for driving the consensus forward by proposing new payloads and verifying payloads proposed by other participants.

Committer

Committer is the interface responsible for handling notifications of payload status.

Relay

Relay is the interface responsible for broadcasting payloads to the network.

Supervisor

Supervisor is the interface responsible for managing which participants are active at a given time.

ThresholdSupervisor

ThresholdSupervisor is the interface responsible for managing which identity (typically a group polynomial with a fixed constant factor) and share for a participant is active at a given time.

Type Aliases

Activity

Activity is specified by the underlying consensus implementation and can be interpreted if desired.

Proof

Proof is a blob that attests to some data.