Abstract

Condorcet and Borda first introduced the consensus theory in the eighteenth century when they studied voting systems. Consensus problems have been investigated for a long time in many fields such as economics, sociology, computer science, bioinformatics, collective intelligence, and automation. They are fundamental to developing distributed systems. In recent years, with blockchain's great applications and potential, consensus problems have received significant attention from many researchers. The consensus method allows a blockchain network to function in a distributed system, especially IoT (Internet of Things). Voting consensus has been applied in distributed systems and blockchain, and consensus in distributed systems is also used in blockchain systems. This study reviews the consensus methods in voting, distributed systems, and blockchain.

Details

Title
Consensus-based methods for distributed systems, blockchain, and voting: a survey
Author
Dang, Dai Tho 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Hwang, Dosam 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

1  Vietnam - Korea University of Information and Communication Technology, The University of Danang, Danang, Vietnam 
2  Department of Computer Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea 
Pages
237-260
Publication year
2025
Publication date
Jun 2025
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd.
ISSN
24751839
e-ISSN
24751847
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/24751839.2024.2416728
ProQuest document ID
3206351808
Copyright
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