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Combining GHOST and Casper

Cryptography and Security 2020-05-13 v3

Abstract

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.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2003.03052,
  title  = {Combining GHOST and Casper},
  author = {Vitalik Buterin and Diego Hernandez and Thor Kamphefner and Khiem Pham and Zhi Qiao and Danny Ryan and Juhyeok Sin and Ying Wang and Yan X Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.03052},
  year   = {2020}
}
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