Atomic Broadcast: From Simple Message Diffusion to Byzantine Agreement

A method for obtaining digital signatures and public-key cryptosystems

Ronald L. Rivest, Adi Shamir, Leonard M. Adleman · Communications of the ACM · 1983 · 13.1K citations

Computing, Computer Science, Authentication +15

Reliable communication in the presence of failures

Ken Birman, Thomas Joseph · ACM Transactions on Computer Systems · 1987 · 996 citations · Full text

Computing, Computer Science, Computer Systems +17

Reliable broadcast protocols

Jo-Mei Chang, N.F. Maxemchuk · ACM Transactions on Computer Systems · 1984 · 676 citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Communication, Digital Communication +8

Authenticated Algorithms for Byzantine Agreement

Danny Dolev, H. Raymond Strong · SIAM Journal on Computing · 1983 · 641 citations

Computing, Computer Science, Computer Systems +14

Probabilistic clock synchronization

Flaviu Cristian · Distributed Computing · 1989 · 597 citations