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How 40% Rogue Agents Force a Consensus Reckoning in AI Swarms

D2BFT slashes consensus latency to 0.60s from PBFT's 0.75s, tolerating 40% malicious agents. But as LLM swarms scale, is Byzantine tolerance the new must-have?

Comparison chart of PBFT, Raft, and WBFT consensus in multi-agent AI swarms

⚡ Key Takeaways

  • BFT like PBFT/D2BFT essential for untrusted LLM agents; Raft/Paxos fail against lies. 𝕏
  • LLM consensus targets semantics—debate and WBFT shine for plans over raw state. 𝕏
  • Nautilus hints at hybrid future: Shard into subgroups for scale, weight by reputation. 𝕏
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