Danny Ryan

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CRMar 6, 2020
Combining GHOST and Casper

Vitalik Buterin, Diego Hernandez, Thor Kamphefner et al.

We present "Gasper," a proof-of-stake-based consensus protocol, which is an idealized version of the proposed Ethereum 2.0 beacon chain. The protocol combines Casper FFG, a finality tool, with LMD GHOST, a fork-choice rule. We prove safety, plausible liveness, and probabilistic liveness under different sets of assumptions.