tendermint ☆
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Description:
BFT state machine replication for applications in any programming languages
Type: Formula  |  Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  @Tendermint  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Developer tools
Tags: blockchain consensus distributed-systems bft devp2p
Install: brew install tendermint
About:
Tendermint is a Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) consensus engine designed for replicating state machines across distributed nodes. It provides a secure and consistent application state, enabling developers to build blockchain applications without the complexity of low-level consensus protocols. It is widely used as the backbone for Cosmos SDK-based blockchains.
Key Features:
  • Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) consensus
  • Application-agnostic state machine replication
  • High performance with instant finality
  • Pluggable application interface (ABCI)
Use Cases:
  • Building custom blockchains
  • Securing distributed ledgers
  • Decentralized application backends
Alternatives:
  • Raft – Raft is faster but only crash-fault tolerant, whereas Tendermint handles malicious nodes (Byzantine faults).
  • Proof-of-Work (Bitcoin/Ethereum) – Tendermint offers higher throughput and instant finality compared to the probabilistic finality of PoW chains.
Version History
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Sep 12, 2025 3:58am 0 VERSION_BUMP e97cfa84
Sep 12, 2024 11:22pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 28891303
Dec 1, 2022 8:41am 0 VERSION_BUMP 332e3342
Dec 1, 2022 6:06am 0 VERSION_BUMP e5917b4c
Dec 1, 2022 6:06am 0 VERSION_BUMP e7287625
Nov 29, 2022 11:09am 0 VERSION_BUMP 023d9d07
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