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About STORE

STORE is a new layer-one staking protocol incentivizing and securing a zero-fee Web3. $STORE is the unit of account on the STORE protocol.

STORE Consensus Algorithm - BlockFinBFT

STORE's leader-free, BFT consensus algorithm BlockfinBFT validates blocks in a pipelined process.
STORE consensus algorithm blockfin is byzantine fault tolerant

BlockfinBFT is a two-tier network of Validator nodes and Storage nodes, each with specific roles, assemble and validate blocks using a cryptographically secure process.

Original R&D on BlockFinBFT from STORE Labs, Inc.

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Database Comparison

SQL vs NoSQL vs Blockchain Database Design: A Comparison

A comparison of databases across a variety of popular options including MySQL (relational database), Neo4J (NoSQL database), and Ethereum (blockchain)
December 29, 2022
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BlockFinBFT

Independent Review of BlockfinBFT from Mousebelt Labs

Mousebelt Labs conducted a 3rd-party analysis of STORE’s BlockfinBFT, which is vying to be the first viable leaderless BFT consensus mechanism in Web3.
September 29, 2022
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BlockfinBFT 101

An introduction to STORE's patented BlockFinBFT consensus algorithm

BlockfinBFT is the novel proof-of-stake consensus mechanism that is leader-free and validates blocks quickly and securely in a pipelined process
January 9, 2020
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5 min read
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Scalability

Can Scalability and Decentralization Co-exist? -$STORE Research

How STORE solves for scalability and decentralization without sharding or off-chain transactions
November 20, 2020
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Comparisons to Other Protocols

BlockfinBFT Compared to other Consensus Algorithms -$STORE Research

Why did STORE design its own consensus algorithm instead of using one of the well established algorithms?
October 29, 2020
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Comparisons to Other Protocols

A Comparison of Solana and BlockfinBFT Consensus Algorithms -$STORE Research

This document discusses how Solana's​ consensus algorithm compares to STORE’s BlockfinBFT​ consensus algorithm
October 29, 2020
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Security

Rate Limiting and DDOS Mitigation -$STORE Research

How STORE nodes protect themselves from attack
October 29, 2020
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5 min read
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Security

Privacy and De-identification -$STORE Research

Proposal for how to ensure privacy of personally identifiable information on the platform
October 29, 2020
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5 min read
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General

BlockFinBFT Database Schema -$STORE Research

Describing the database schema for the STORE blockchain
February 29, 2020
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Security

Trustlessness and Security in STORE -$STORE Research

A comparison with Bitcoin to help understand these properties in STORE
November 20, 2019
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Comparisons to Other Protocols

STORE vs. Sia and Blockstack -$STORE Research

Comparing the use cases and markets addressed by @store_labs, @blockstack, and @SiaTechHQ.
July 20, 2019
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General

Triple Entry Accounting - $STORE Research

Account-based Transaction Modeling in BlockFin
October 1. 2020
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Comparisons to Other Protocols

BlockFin vs Traditional Blockchains - $STORE Research

A summarized comparison of the STORE BlockFin consensus protocol as compared to other consensus protocols
May 2, 2018
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Comparisons to Other Protocols

STORE vs. Blockstack -$STORE Research

Comparing its "privacy first" design with @blockstack's decentralized computing network and app ecosystem
July 17, 2019
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Comparisons to Other Protocols

STORE vs. Algorand - Comparing practical security implications of Algorand's BFT consensus algorithm with BlockfinBFT's. -$STORE Research

Discussing practical security implications of Algorand's consensus algorithm based on our analysis.
June 25, 2019
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General

STORE Q1 '19 Engineering Updates -$STORE Research

Q1 2019 was extremely productive for STORE on the engineering front. Here are a few of the key highlight activities.
April 29, 2019
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General

STORE open sources Basil, a proposal to improve the Tendermint consensus algorithm -$STORE Research

Tendermint is a BFT consensus algorithm powering the Cosmos project and more.
March 20, 2019
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Comparisons to Other Protocols

A simulation of STORE's BlockFin BFT consensus algorithm (Video) -$STORE Research

A simulation of Storecoin's BlockFin BFT consensus algorithm
February 25, 2019
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25 min length
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Comparisons to Other Protocols

A Closer Look at BlockFin and Block Finality - STORE News

BlockFin’s finality is a combination of absolute and probabilistic finalities
September 5, 2018
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Scalability

STORE Achieves +10,000 Transactions-Per-Second with Burst Traffic and 21 Validator Nodes - $STORE Research

STORE’s mission is to become zero-fee payment infrastructure for the global internet
March 19, 2018
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10 min read
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Security

BlockFin: Proof-of-Stake with Security that Rivals Proof-of-Work - STORE News

At STORE, we believe that just because no PoS consensus algorithm has proven itself comparable (or superior) to PoW doesn’t mean it can’t happen.
January 10, 2018
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STORE will change the world’s relationship to computing resources and data.