Mastering Blockchain - Second Edition

Tendermint Socket Protocol (TMSP)

This is an application interface protocol that allows interfacing with any programming language to process transactions.

Tendermint allows decoupling of the application process and consensus process, which allows any application to benefit from the consensus mechanism.

The Tendermint consensus algorithm is a round-based mechanism where validator nodes propose new blocks in each round. A locking mechanism is used to ensure protection against a scenario where two different blocks are selected for committing at the same height of the blockchain. Each validator node maintains a full local replicated ledger of blocks that contain transactions. Each block contains a header, which consists of the previous block ...