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Published inMar 2023
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Imran Bashir
Imran Bashir
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Imran Bashir

Imran Bashir has an M.Sc. in Information Security from Royal Holloway, University of London, and has a background in software development, solution architecture, infrastructure management, and IT service management. He is also a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the British Computer Society (BCS). Imran has extensive experience in both the public and financial sectors, having worked on large-scale IT projects in the public sector before moving to the financial services industry. Since then, he has worked in various technical roles for different financial companies in Europe's financial capital, London.
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Consensus is a fundamental problem in distributed systems. Since the 1970s this problem has been researched in the context of distributed systems, but recently, with the advent of blockchain technology, a renewed interest has arisen in developing distributed consensus algorithms that are suitable for blockchain networks. In this chapter, we will explore the underlying techniques behind distributed consensus algorithms, their inner workings, and new algorithms that have been specifically developed for blockchain networks.

In addition, we will introduce various well-known algorithms...

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Imran Bashir

Imran Bashir has an M.Sc. in Information Security from Royal Holloway, University of London, and has a background in software development, solution architecture, infrastructure management, and IT service management. He is also a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the British Computer Society (BCS). Imran has extensive experience in both the public and financial sectors, having worked on large-scale IT projects in the public sector before moving to the financial services industry. Since then, he has worked in various technical roles for different financial companies in Europe's financial capital, London.
Read more about Imran Bashir