The Honey Badger of BFT Protocols

Explore a groundbreaking presentation on the Honey Badger Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT) protocol delivered at the 23rd ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security. Delve into the innovative asynchronous protocol designed to overcome timing assumptions in distributed systems. Learn about the protocol's optimal resilience, implementation strategies, and potential deployment scenarios in wide area networks. Gain insights from the collaborative work of researchers from the University of Maryland, Tsinghua University, Cornell University, and the University of California as they discuss the separation of concerns in BFT protocols, reliable broadcast mechanisms, and parameter tuning techniques. Conclude with a Q&A session addressing audience inquiries about this robust and adaptable BFT solution.