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SIMD-0326 Alpenglow

ReviewCoreStandardcreated 2025-07-25

Authors: Quentin Kniep, Kobi Sliwinski, Roger Wattenhofer

This proposal changes the core consensus protocol from the current one, based on Proof-of-History and TowerBFT, to Alpenglow, specifically the Votor parts of Alpenglow. Compared to the old protocol, Alpenglow offers higher resilience and better performance.

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