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Before Blockchains, There Was State Machine Replication

aired Jul 13, 2026 · 37.0m
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High signal
confidence 0.99
Orig47.7
Actn100.0
Dens93.3
Dpth83.5
Clty80.3
Summary

DARPA had recognized that this was a serious problem, the problem of malicious attacks, and was looking for research in that area. I had a student, Miguel Castro, he came to me and he said, why don't we see whether we can figure out a way to do replication that handles these malicious attacks, and that seemed like a great idea.

Why listen

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of work, like, think, including: I had a student, Miguel Castro, he came to me and he said, why don't we see whether we can figure out a way to do replication that handles these malicious attacks, and that seemed.

Key takeaways
  1. 01The problem, if the primary failed, the primary that was running the protocol, the whole thing came to a crashing halt
  2. 02Whether you're new to crypto or already building into space, this conversation offers a deeper understanding of the computer science behind modern blockchains
  3. 03So what happened was I had finished working on Clue, which was the programming language that I developed with my group to provide access to data abstraction as a way of building pr
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