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[FAB-9956] Minor tweaks to docs file whatis.md
- Correct spelling of "permissonless" - Add hyperlinks for Kafka, Zookeeper and Raft - Use correct spelling of "Raft" for consensus algorithm Change-Id: Icdf5a74f3573e59b6b69d7a8f3f6434c83d6f44c Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
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In a permissionless blockchain, virtually anyone can participate, and every
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participant is anonymous. In such a context, there can be no trust other than
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that the state of the blockchain, prior to a certain depth, is immutable. In
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order to mitigate this absence of trust, permissonless blockchains typically
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order to mitigate this absence of trust, permissionless blockchains typically
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employ a "mined" native cryptocurrency or transaction fees to provide economic
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incentive to offset the extraordinary costs of participating in a form of
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byzantine fault tolerant consensus based on "proof of work" (PoW).
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(byzantine fault-tolerant) ordering.
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In the currently available releases, Fabric offers a CFT ordering service
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implemented with Kafka and Zookeeper. In subsequent releases, Fabric will
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deliver a RAFT consensus ordering service implemented with etcd-RAFT and a
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fully decentralized BFT ordering service.
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implemented with [Kafka](https://kafka.apache.org/) and
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[Zookeeper](https://zookeeper.apache.org/). In subsequent releases, Fabric will
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deliver a [Raft consensus ordering service](https://raft.github.io/) implemented
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with etcd/Raft and a fully decentralized BFT ordering service.
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Note also that these are not mutually exclusive. A Fabric network can have
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multiple ordering services supporting different applications or application

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