Other way around. Step 1 of Raft is for the distributed nodes to come to consensus on a fact - i.e. who the leader is. ALL of Paxos is the distributed nodes c

Other way around. Step 1 of Raft is for the distributed nodes to come to consensus on a fact - i.e. who the leader is. ALL of Paxos is the distributed nodes coming to consensus on a fact. Raft just sounds easier because its descriptions use nice-sounding prose and gloss over the details.