VoidCaster

VoidCaster is an experimental blockchain implementation designed to demonstrate and explore consensus protocols. It uniquely integrates both Tendermint (classical BFT consensus) and Bullshark-Narwhal (DAG-based BFT) as co-existing or switchable consensus layers, paired with a simple modular execution engine.

⚠️ This project is educational and experimental. It is not production-ready.

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🚀 Features

• 🧠 Dual Consensus Layer: Supports both Tendermint and Bullshark-Narwhal
• 🧩 Modular Architecture: Decoupled consensus, execution, storage, and networking
• 🔐 libp2p Networking: Gossip and point-to-point messages via libp2p
• ⚙️ Custom Execution Engine: Interprets transactions and mutates state
• 📄 Ethereum-Compatible Block Format (optional)
• 🧪 Designed for Consensus Visualization, Testing & Research

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📦 Branches

This repository maintains separate branches for different consensus protocol implementations:

• consensus/tendermint – Classic Tendermint BFT
• consensus/bullshark – DAG-based Bullshark/Narwhal BFT

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