CESC18: Algorand 2.0 - Silvio Micali
Channel: San Francisco Blockchain Week
Date: 2018-11-11

Algorand is a new foundational blockchain. A PURE (as opposed to "delegated" and/or "bonded") PoS System, Algorand is TRULY scalable, decentralized, and secure (even against a dynamic adversary capable of partitioning the network for an arbitrarily long time). Algorand uses a new and Byzantine Agreement Protocol to reach agreement on a new block, and leverages this extremely efficient protocol to technically (as opposed to aspirationally) achieve self governance ---a crucial, yet often neglected, TECHNICAL aspect of a blockchain. In its 2.0 Version, Algorand agrees on a newly proposed valid block ON THE FLY (i.e., while it is propagated over the network) and finalizes in just a SINGLE round of voting.

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