Byzantine Fault Tolerance

Consensus

This property ensures that all honest nodes in a distributed ledger system agree on the sequence of transactions and the state of the system, even when a fraction of participants act maliciously. Achieving this level of agreement is the bedrock upon which the security of crypto derivatives markets rests, preventing double-spending or fraudulent trade confirmations. The specific mechanism employed, such as Proof-of-Work or Proof-of-Stake, defines the system’s resilience parameters.