From 64e481f3d86e941433d7d7e5ee6a85b72466a24a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christina <156356273+cratiu222@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2024 15:57:44 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- docs/introduction/README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/introduction/README.md b/docs/introduction/README.md index acafe992f5..c053b05313 100644 --- a/docs/introduction/README.md +++ b/docs/introduction/README.md @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ to elections, to infrastructure orchestration, and beyond. The ability to tolerate machines failing in arbitrary ways, including becoming malicious, is known as Byzantine fault tolerance (BFT). The theory of BFT is decades old, but software implementations have only -became popular recently, due largely to the success of "blockchain +become popular recently, due largely to the success of "blockchain technology" like Bitcoin and Ethereum. Blockchain technology is just a reformalization of BFT in a more modern setting, with emphasis on peer-to-peer networking and cryptographic authentication. The name