Gossip Protocol Basics
How validators find each other, share state, and pull missing entries without drowning the network in broadcast traffic.
The log is where we publish long dispatches, short glossary entries, and dated observations about protocol changes. Each entry starts from a concrete question and walks toward the principle behind it.
How validators find each other, share state, and pull missing entries without drowning the network in broadcast traffic.
Accounts are not balances. They are data cells with owners, rents, and program-derived addresses. Here is what that means for a developer.