A Beginner’s Guide to the Authenticated Byzantine Gossip Protocol

ABGP (Authenticated Byzantine Gossip Protocol) is a consensus algorithm combining the efficiency of gossip protocols with Byzantine Fault Tolerance and authentication mechanisms. Designed for partially synchronous systems where all nodes are known, ABGP ensures liveness and safety through multisignature validation and ECC cryptography. Positioned as an alternative to private ledger frameworks like Hyperledger, it offers a secure, lightweight approach to distributed consensus.