Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance vs Raft

Developers should learn PBFT when building or working with high-assurance distributed systems, such as permissioned blockchains (e meets developers should learn raft when building or working with distributed systems that require strong consistency, such as distributed databases (e. Here's our take.

Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance

Nice Pick

Developers should learn PBFT when building or working with high-assurance distributed systems, such as permissioned blockchains (e

Pros

• g
• Related to: distributed-systems, consensus-algorithms

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Raft

Developers should learn Raft when building or working with distributed systems that require strong consistency, such as distributed databases (e

Pros

• g
• Related to: distributed-systems, consensus-algorithms

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

Use Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance if: You want g and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.

Use Raft if: You prioritize g over what Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance offers.

The Bottom Line

Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance wins

Developers should learn PBFT when building or working with high-assurance distributed systems, such as permissioned blockchains (e