Lemonshark: Asynchronous DAG-BFT With Early Finality

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Autores principales: Hu, Michael Yiqing, Yan, Alvin Hong Yao, Yihan, Yang, Xiang, Liu, Jialin, Li
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Publicado: 2026
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author Hu, Michael Yiqing
Yan, Alvin Hong Yao
Yihan, Yang
Xiang, Liu
Jialin, Li
author_facet Hu, Michael Yiqing
Yan, Alvin Hong Yao
Yihan, Yang
Xiang, Liu
Jialin, Li
contents DAG-Rider popularized a new paradigm of DAG-BFT protocols, separating dissemination from consensus: all nodes disseminate transactions as blocks that reference previously known blocks, while consensus is reached by electing certain blocks as leaders. This design yields high throughput but confers optimal latency only to leader blocks; non-leader blocks cannot be committed independently. We present Lemonshark, an asynchronous DAG-BFT protocol that reinterprets the DAG at a transactional level and identifies conditions where commitment is sufficient -- but not necessary -- for safe results, enabling nodes to finalize transactions before official commitment, without compromising correctness. Compared to the state-of-the-art asynchronous BFT protocol, Lemonshark reduces latency by up to 65\%.
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spellingShingle Lemonshark: Asynchronous DAG-BFT With Early Finality
Hu, Michael Yiqing
Yan, Alvin Hong Yao
Yihan, Yang
Xiang, Liu
Jialin, Li
Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing
DAG-Rider popularized a new paradigm of DAG-BFT protocols, separating dissemination from consensus: all nodes disseminate transactions as blocks that reference previously known blocks, while consensus is reached by electing certain blocks as leaders. This design yields high throughput but confers optimal latency only to leader blocks; non-leader blocks cannot be committed independently. We present Lemonshark, an asynchronous DAG-BFT protocol that reinterprets the DAG at a transactional level and identifies conditions where commitment is sufficient -- but not necessary -- for safe results, enabling nodes to finalize transactions before official commitment, without compromising correctness. Compared to the state-of-the-art asynchronous BFT protocol, Lemonshark reduces latency by up to 65\%.
title Lemonshark: Asynchronous DAG-BFT With Early Finality
topic Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.03974