Worth watching this talk on Ripple's consensus algorithm by its architect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7abKUs9tYZg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7abKUs9tY

Worth watching this talk on Ripple's consensus algorithm by its architect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7abKUs9tYZg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7abKUs9tYZg and related whitepaper: https://ripple.com/files/ripple_consensus_whitepaper.pdf https://ripple.com/files/ripple_consensus_whitepaper.pdf I have no affiliation with Ripple or XRP, just enjoyed the fairly technical nature of the talk.