Common use of System Model Clause in Contracts

System Model. We consider a system with n = 3f +1 nodes, and additionally an unbounded number of clients. There are at most f byzantine nodes, and clients can be byzantine as well. The network is asynchronous, and messages have variable delay and can get lost. Clients send requests that correct nodes have to order to achieve state replication.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Byzantine Agreement With Authentication, Byzantine Agreement With Authentication, Authenticated Agreement