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We demonstrate that the Byzantine Agreement Problem (BAP) in its weaker version with detectable broadcast, can be solved using continuous variables Gaussian states with Gaussian operations. The protocol uses genuine tripartite symmetric…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 Rodion Neigovzen , Anna Sanpera

Quantum Byzantine Agreement (QBA), a cornerstone of quantum blockchain, offers inherent advantages in security and fault tolerance over classical protocols, guaranteed by the laws of quantum mechanics. However, existing multiparty QBA…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-13 Chen-Xun Weng , Ming-Yang Li , Shi-Gen Li , Mengya Zhu , Xiao-Ran Sun , Hua-Lei Yin , Zeng-Bing Chen

Reaching agreement in the presence of arbitrary faults is a fundamental problem in distributed computation, which has been shown to be unsolvable if one-third of the processes can fail, unless signed messages are used. In this paper, we…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-12-20 Vicent Cholvi

Algorithms to solve fault-tolerant consensus in asynchronous systems often rely on primitives such as crusader agreement, adopt-commit, and graded broadcast, which provide weaker agreement properties than consensus. Although these…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-08-10 Hagit Attiya , Jennifer L. Welch

In this paper we propose a protocol of quantum communication to achieve Byzantine agreement among multiple parties. The striking feature of our proposal in comparison to the existing protocols is that we do not use entanglement to achieve…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-12-02 Xin Sun , Piotr Kulicki , Mirek Sopek

In this paper, we consider the problem of maximizing the throughput of Byzantine agreement, given that the sum capacity of all links in between nodes in the system is finite. We have proposed a highly efficient Byzantine agreement algorithm…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2010-06-15 Guanfeng Liang , Nitin Vaidya

Asynchronous Byzantine fault-tolerant (BFT) consensus protocols, known for their robustness in unpredictable environments without relying on timing assumptions, are becoming increasingly vital for wireless applications. While these…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-04-08 Shuo Liu , Minghui Xu , Tianyi Sun , Xiuzhen Cheng

It is well known that without randomization, Byzantine agreement (BA) requires a linear number of rounds in the synchronous setting, while it is flat out impossible in the asynchronous setting. The primitive which allows to bypass the above…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-12-25 Ran Cohen , Pouyan Forghani , Juan Garay , Rutvik Patel , Vassilis Zikas

Multi-valued Byzantine agreement (MVBA) protocols are essential for atomic broadcast and fault-tolerant state machine replication in asynchronous networks. Despite advances, challenges persist in optimizing these protocols for communication…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-11-18 Nasit S Sony , Xianzhong Ding , Mukesh Singhal

Multi-valued validated Byzantine agreement (MVBA), a fundamental primitive of distributed computing, allows $n$ processes to agree on a valid $\ell$-bit value, despite $t$ faulty processes behaving maliciously. Among hash-based solutions…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-05-15 Jovan Komatovic , Joachim Neu , Tim Roughgarden

We describe an algorithm for Byzantine agreement that is scalable in the sense that each processor sends only $\tilde{O}(\sqrt{n})$ bits, where $n$ is the total number of processors. Our algorithm succeeds with high probability against an…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2010-02-25 Valerie King , Jared Saia

Consider an asynchronous system where each node begins with some point in $\mathbb{R}^m$. Given some fixed $\epsilon > 0$, we wish to have every nonfaulty node eventually output a point in $\mathbb{R}^m$, where all outputs are within…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-11-07 Maya Dotan , Gilad Stern , Aviv Zohar

In this paper, we present a Byzantine fault tolerant distributed commit protocol for transactions running over untrusted networks. The traditional two-phase commit protocol is enhanced by replicating the coordinator and by running a…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Wenbing Zhao

Consider an asynchronous system with private channels and $n$ processes, up to $t$ of which may be faulty. We settle a longstanding open question by providing a Byzantine agreement protocol that simultaneously achieves three properties: 1.…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2008-08-12 Ittai Abraham , Danny Dolev , Joseph Y. Halpern

Byzantine agreement is a fundamental problem in fault-tolerant distributed computing that has been studied intensively for the last four decades. Much of the research has focused on a static Byzantine adversary, where the adversary is…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-06-06 Fabien Dufoulon , Gopal Pandurangan

There have been several reductions from multivalued consensus to binary consensus over the past 20 years. To the best of our knowledge, none of them solved it for Byzantine asynchronous settings. In this paper, we close this gap. Moreover,…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-08-08 Shir Cohen , Idit Keidar

This paper describes a simple and efficient Binary Byzantine faulty tolerant consensus algorithm using a weak round coordinator and the partial synchrony assumption to ensure liveness. In the algorithm, non-faulty nodes perform an initial…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-01-23 Tyler Crain

The Byzantine Agreement (BA) problem is a fundamental challenge in distributed systems, focusing on achieving reaching an agreement among parties, some of which may behave maliciously. With the rise of cryptocurrencies, there has been…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Nasit S Sony , Xianzhong Ding , Mukesh Singhal

Byzantine agreement, the underlying core of blockchain, aims to make every node in a decentralized network reach consensus. Classical Byzantine agreements unavoidably face two major problems. One is $1/3$ fault-tolerance bound, which means…

The strong Byzantine agreement (SBA) problem is defined among n processes, out of which t < n can be faulty and behave arbitrarily. SBA allows correct (non-faulty) processes to agree on a common value. Moreover, if all correct processes…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-08-08 Pierre Civit , Seth Gilbert , Rachid Guerraoui , Jovan Komatovic , Manuel Vidigueira