Consensus
This crate implements the Fastest-HotStuff algorithm that is described in an upcoming paper It is a two-phase unchained consensus with quadratic view change (in number of authenticators, in number of messages it is linear) and optimistic responsiveness.
Node set
Right now, we assume that we have a static node set. In other words, we are running in proof-of-authority. When this repo is updated to proof-of-stake, we will have a dynamic node set.