CRNov 21, 2019
An Interleaving Hybrid Consensus Protocol
arXiv:1911.09262v11 citations
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This addresses consensus challenges for blockchain systems, but it appears incremental as it builds upon prior Unity protocol research.
The paper tackles the problem of consensus in public blockchains by introducing Unity Interleave, a hybrid algorithm combining Proof-of-Work and Proof-of-Stake, which improves security while maintaining fairness and scalability.
We introduce Unity Interleave, a new consensus algorithm for public blockchain settings. It is an eventual consistency protocol merging the Proof-of-Work (PoW) and Proof-of-Stake (PoS) into a coherent stochastic process. It builds upon research previously done for the Unity protocol, improving security while maintaining fairness and scalability.