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FeaturedConsensusJan 12, 2026

PoTB v2: the consensus core is written and tested

The complete weight formula, committee selection with partial rotation, commit-reveal seeds and median-relative slashing now pass roughly 29,800 assertions — all as pure, clock-free functions.

Engineering5 min read

Turning a review rule into a compile error

Eleven public headers now compile as C++23 with 172 symbols pinned, so the ten boundary rules are checked by the compiler instead of by hand.

Jan 5, 2026

Research4 min read

Why there is no floating point anywhere near consensus

Two honest nodes must agree on the last bit. Floating point cannot promise that across compilers and hardware, so the core is integer-only end to end.

Dec 19, 2025

Ecosystem5 min read

Trocto and Regol: two tiers of one system

A safe-by-default high-level language that compiles into a low-level tier you can also write by hand — the same relationship Solidity has with Yul, or Move with Move-IR.

Dec 4, 2025

Engineering4 min read

Six presets, layering enforced as link edges

A dependency violation is a link error, not a review finding. Here is how the build makes the architecture non-negotiable.

Nov 20, 2025

Consensus3 min read

The operational bond is not stake

A node may post funds as public evidence of infrastructure spend. It affects one reward bucket and carries no consensus weight — that is the line that keeps PoTB from becoming Proof of Stake.

Nov 6, 2025