HotStuff: BFT Consensus in the Lens of Blockchain

For the uninitiated, this is the consensus protocol used in Libra.

What properties make HotStuff different than Tendermint?

Plain English summary please?

HotStuff is a consensus algorithm used in Libra blockchain. A consensus algorithm is a critical part in distributed systems to decide what is the "right truth".

Here is a good analysis by Near Protocol author, Alex Skidanov:

https://twitter.com/AlexSkidanov/status/1141040292767789056

Also looks like one of the paper authors now works for the Ava blockchain (Avalanve consensus) from Cornell University:

https://avalabs.org/