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POPL 2021
Sun 17 - Fri 22 January 2021 Online
Mon 18 Jan 2021 20:25 - 20:30 at CPP - Lightning Talks Chair(s): Natarajan Shankar

Tendermint consensus powers many proof-of-stake blockchains securing billions of dollars. As such, it is a core component of the Cosmos network of blockchains. In Tendermint, n participants have to reach consensus in presence of f Byzantine faults. Thus, it is crucial to show that it satisfies (among others) two safety properties: Agreement and fork accountability. We present a TLA+ specification of Tendermint consensus that focuses on these properties. By running the Apalache model checker for n=4..6, we show two properties. First, Tendermint satisfies agreement when f < n/3, that is, it cannot produce a fork. Second, Tendermint satisfies fork accountability for f >= n/3, that is, in case of disagreement, the correct processes collectively hold a piece of evidence that allows us to identify at least n/3 misbehaving participants.

Our specification presents a challenging case study for the CPP community: Extending our results beyond the small parameters and proving agreement and fork accountability for arbitrary values of n and f.

https://github.com/tendermint/spec/tree/master/rust-spec/tendermint-accountability

Mon 18 Jan

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20:00 - 21:00
Lightning TalksCPP / CPP Lightning Talks at CPP
Chair(s): Natarajan Shankar SRI International, USA

Streamed sessions: https://youtu.be/sFMJBTtbjTc

20:00
5m
Talk
Certified Semantics for miniKanren
CPP Lightning Talks
Dmitry Rozplokhas Saint Petersburg State University and JetBrains Research, Andrey Vyatkin Saint Petersburg State University, Petr Lozov Sain Petersburg State University, SPbGU, Dmitri Boulytchev Saint Petersburg State University / JetBrains Research
Media Attached
20:05
5m
Talk
Cameleer: a Deductive Verification Tool for OCaml
CPP Lightning Talks
Mário Pereira NOVA LINCS & Nova School of Sciences and Tecnhology, António Ravara Department of Informatics, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon and NOVA LINCS
20:10
5m
Talk
Gradualizing the Calculus of Inductive Constructions
CPP Lightning Talks
Meven Lennon-Bertrand Inria – LS2N, Université de Nantes, Kenji Maillard Inria Nantes & University of Chile, Nicolas Tabareau Inria, Éric Tanter University of Chile
Pre-print
20:15
5m
Talk
Formally Verified Decentralized Exchange with Mi-Cho-Coq
CPP Lightning Talks
Arvid Jakobsson Nomadic Labs, Colin González Université de Paris, Irif -- Nomadic Labs, Bruno Bernardo Nomadic Labs, Raphaël Cauderlier Nomadic Labs
20:20
5m
Talk
A semantic domain for privacy-aware smart contracts and interoperable sharded ledgers
CPP Lightning Talks
Sören Bleikertz Digital Asset, Andreas Lochbihler Digital Asset, Ognjen Marić Digital Asset, Simon Meier Digital Asset, Phoebe Nichols Digital Asset, Matthias Schmalz Digital Asset, Ratko G. Veprek Digital Asset
File Attached
20:25
5m
Talk
Specification and model checking of Tendermint consensus in TLA+
CPP Lightning Talks
Igor Konnov Informal Systems Inc, Zarko Milosevic Informal Systems, Josef Widder Informal Systems
20:30
5m
Talk
Formalization of Combinatorics on Words in Isabelle/HOL
CPP Lightning Talks
Štěpán Holub Charles University, Štěpán Starosta Faculty of Information Technology, Czech Technical University in Prague
Link to publication Media Attached File Attached
20:35
5m
Talk
Formalising MPC-in-the-head-based zero-knowledge
CPP Lightning Talks
Nikolaj Sidorenco Aarhus University, Sabine Oechsner Aarhus University, Bas Spitters Concordium Blockchain Research Center, Aarhus University
File Attached
20:40
5m
Talk
Mechanically-checked soundness of type-based null safety
CPP Lightning Talks
Alexander Kogtenkov Schaffhausen Institute of Technology, Switzerland
Media Attached File Attached
20:45
5m
Talk
Formalising MiniSail in Isabelle
CPP Lightning Talks
Mark Wassell University of Cambridge
20:50
5m
Talk
How to verify an ASN.1 Protocol C-language Stack in Coq?
CPP Lightning Talks
Nika Pona Digamma.ai, Vadim Zaliva Carnegie Mellon University, USA
File Attached
20:55
5m
Talk
Monadic Second-Order Logic and Pomset Languages
CPP Lightning Talks
Tobias Kappé Cornell University