Algorand’s consensus protocol is its secret sauce. Is this secret sauce protected intellectual property? Or are network effects the “only” thing protecting the Algorand blockchain from copycat blockchains using the same consensus protocol?

Is the Algorand consensus protocol protected IP?

fabrice May 31, 2023, 7:00pm 4

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