Parallel Engine

High-performance blockchain consensus engine

Parallel Engine

Hetu Parallel Engine is a high-performance blockchain consensus engine...

Hetu Parallel Engine

Hetu Parallel Engine is a high-performance blockchain consensus engine that combines the power of CometBFT with a customized DAG-based Narwhal consensus implementation.

Architecture

The engine consists of two main components:

• hetu-cometbft: A customized version of CometBFT based on Cosmos-SDK

• hetu-consensus: A DAG-based consensus implementation derived from Narwhal

System Design

+----------------+        +------------------+
|  hetu-cometbft |  <---> |  hetu-consensus  |
|   (CometBFT)   |        |    (Narwhal)     |
+----------------+        +------------------+

The two components communicate via socket connection, where hetu-consensus (Narwhal) handles the ordering consensus.

Features

1. High-throughput consensus mechanism

2. DAG-based parallel transaction processing

3. Compatible with Cosmos-SDK ecosystem

4. Customized CometBFT implementation

5. Socket-based inter-component communication

6. Optimized for performance and scalability

Components

hetu-cometbft

A fork of CometBFT with customizations for:

• Integration with Narwhal consensus

• Enhanced performance optimizations

• Additional functionality for the Hetu ecosystem

hetu-consensus

A customized implementation of the Narwhal consensus protocol featuring:

• DAG-based transaction ordering

• High-throughput processing

• Optimized network communication