Here is a fun paper with rigorous analysis of the protocol: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40573814
"Electing the Doge of Venice: analysis of a 13th Century protocol"
Also some more discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38598171
"Electing the Doge of Venice: analysis of a 13th Century protocol"
Also some more discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38598171
Direct links to PDFs, as in the first of the above submissions, can be annoying to deal with in mobile browsers. Sharing the abstract is a nice gesture and not simply noise.
You can also email a vouch to HN's mods at hn@ycombinator.com. They can remove flags directly, though the email lag response seems to be increasing (give it 24--48 hours), which makes direct vouches all the more valuable.