From c49acb189f6136bbf8e41baa710e587934b1600b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bach Adylbekov <33404905+bahadylbekov@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2020 10:24:46 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md Updated consensus description --- README.md | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9a75b42..ba9c931 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -42,9 +42,7 @@ Most of off-chain data use cases require external adapters and APIs for simple i ## Consensus -Dione network uses Expected Consensus (EC) a probabilistic Byzantine fault-tolerant consensus protocol invented by Filecoin. At a high level, it operates by running a leader election every epoch in which, on expectation, a set number of participants may be eligible to submit a block. EC guarantees that these winners will be anonymous until they reveal themselves by submitting a proof that they have been elected. - -A miner’s probability of being elected is roughly proportional to their share of the Dione network’s total DIO tokens staked. +Dione network uses PBFT a practical Byzantine fault-tolerant consensus protocol invented by Miguel Castro and Barbara Liskov at MIT. At a high level, it operates by running a leader election in every block in which, on expectation, a set number of participants may be eligible to submit a block. The randomness used in the proofs is generated from [DRAND](https://drand.love), an unbiasable randomness generator, through a beacon.