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A novel consensus primitive eliminates inter-replica communication, achieving physically optimal latency and enabling high-speed, accountable decentralized applications.

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→Throughput Latency

→Network Throughput

→Transaction Processing

Uncertified DAGs Achieve Optimal Latency in Byzantine Consensus

A novel commit rule for uncertified Directed Acyclic Graphs revolutionizes consensus, ensuring immediate transaction finality and optimal latency in distributed systems.

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→Asynchronous Systems

→Generalized Consensus

→Censorship Resistance

Optimal Latency Consensus Achieves $2delta$ Communication by Eliminating Inter-Replica Messaging

A new consensus notion, Pod, eliminates inter-replica communication to achieve physically optimal $2delta$ latency, unlocking ultra-fast, censorship-resistant distributed applications.

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→Cryptographic Mechanism

→Optimal Latency

→Leaderless BFT

Asynchronous Verifiable Random Functions Achieve Optimal Leaderless BFT Consensus

AVRFs enable every node to verifiably compute the next proposer locally, eliminating leader election latency and achieving optimal asynchronous speed.

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→Partially Synchronous

→Resource Efficiency

→Distributed Systems

Probabilistic Quorums Achieve Scalable BFT Consensus and Optimal Latency

A new BFT protocol uses probabilistic quorums to achieve optimal three-step latency and $O(nsqrt{n})$ message complexity, radically improving resource efficiency.

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→Resource Efficiency

→Network Latency

→BFT Protocols

Uncertified DAG Consensus Protocol Achieves Theoretical Minimum Latency

Introducing Mysticeti-C, a BFT protocol using uncertified DAGs and a novel commit rule to achieve the theoretical 3-round message latency limit, enabling sub-second finality.

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→Byzantine Fault Tolerance

→Block Commitment

→BFT Protocols

Uncertified DAG Consensus Protocol Achieves Optimal Three-Round Latency

Mysticeti-C is the first DAG-based Byzantine consensus protocol to reach the theoretical lower bound of three message rounds, enabling sub-second finality.

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→Hybrid System Model

→Consensus Algorithm

→Asynchronous Systems

Hybrid Synchronous Model Unlocks Optimal Low-Latency Byzantine Fault Tolerance

A new BFT protocol leverages a hybrid synchrony model to achieve up to 15x lower latency, preserving high fault tolerance for scalable decentralized systems.

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→Digital Signatures

→Honest Majority

→Synchronous Model

DAG-Based BFT Protocol Achieves Optimal Latency without Common Primitives

This novel DAG-based BFT protocol achieves optimal three-round latency by eliminating reliable broadcast and common coin primitives, paving the way for hyper-efficient decentralized systems.

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→Network Synchrony

→DAG Consensus Protocol

→SMR Protocol

Uncertified DAG Consensus Achieves Optimal Three-Round Finality and Sub-Second Latency

The Mysticeti protocol uses uncertified DAG blocks and a novel commit rule to reach the theoretical three-round latency limit, unlocking true sub-second finality for high-throughput chains.