A New Look at Blockchain Leader Election: Simple, Efficient, Sustainable and Post-Quantum

ePrint Report: A New Look at Blockchain Leader Election: Simple, Efficient, Sustainable and Post-Quantum

Muhammed F. Esgin, Oguzhan Ersoy, Veronika Kuchta, Julian Loss, Amin Sakzad, Ron Steinfeld, Wayne Yang, Raymond K. Zhao

In this work, we study the blockchain leader election problem. The purpose of such protocols is to elect a leader who decides on the next block to be appended to the blockchain, for each block proposal round. Solutions to this problem are vital for the security of blockchain …

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