Research corpus ConsensusBLC-STUDY-0025

DFINITY Consensus System

The DFINITY consensus overview: a randomness beacon, a ranking of block proposers, and notarisation so that a chain can come to agreement quickly among a large set. The Internet Computer is the later network built by the DFINITY foundation on this line of research.

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Authors: Timo Hanke, Mahnush Movahedi, Dominic Williams
Date: 2018
Publisher: Timo Hanke, Mahnush Movahedi, Dominic Williams
Version: Source cited by the 2018 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0025
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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Hanke, T., Movahedi, M., & Williams, D. (2018). DFINITY Consensus System. Timo Hanke, Mahnush Movahedi, Dominic Williams. https://internetcomputer.org/whitepapers

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@techreport{dfinity2018,
  title = {DFINITY Consensus System},
  author = {Timo Hanke, Mahnush Movahedi, Dominic Williams},
  year = {2018},
  institution = {Timo Hanke, Mahnush Movahedi, Dominic Williams},
  url = {https://internetcomputer.org/whitepapers},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/dfinity}
}

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AU  - Mahnush Movahedi
AU  - Dominic Williams
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PB  - Timo Hanke, Mahnush Movahedi, Dominic Williams
UR  - https://internetcomputer.org/whitepapers
N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
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