Consensus Underground: The Failure Models Behind Raft, PBFT, and Proof-of-Stake
For backend and infrastructure engineers who want to actually understand Paxos, Raft, PBFT, and PoS-based consensus, not just recognize the names. Four chapters trace the failure model each algorithm was built to survive, from crash faults to Byzantine nodes to permissionless networks. About 7,100 words, PDF and EPUB, one-time purchase.