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hyperledger/SmartBFT

Implementation of the SmartBFT consensus library (https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.06922)

Is hyperledger/SmartBFT beginner-friendly?

In the last 30 days, hyperledger/SmartBFT merged 11 of 15 pull requests from outside contributors, and its maintainers usually reply within 1 day. No beginner-friendly issue is open right now; the list below has the other issues we hold for it.

Stars
110
Forks
40
Open beginner issues
0
Indexed issues
13
Avg merge
1d 6h
Merged PRs (30d)
14
Dominant language
Go
License
Apache-2.0
Last GitHub push
Oct 10, 2026
Latest indexed
Sep 17, 2026
Contributing guide
No contributing guide
Code of conduct
Code of conduct
Beginner labels
No beginner labels indexed

How to contribute to hyperledger/SmartBFT

  1. There is no contributing guide, so start from the README and a few recently merged pull requests to see how changes are proposed.
  2. Read its code of conduct: it covers issues and pull requests as well as chat.
  3. Your contributions will be published under the project's Apache-2.0 license.
  4. Follow the repository to hear when a new beginner-friendly issue opens, or look through the other issues below.

Issues somebody may already be working on are listed last. List everything by date

  • Set up a pr project
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

    hyperledger/SmartBFT#666 · 4 comments ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • Issue: Potential Blocking in BroadcastConsensus May Compromise BFT Liveness
    Open

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    hyperledger/SmartBFT#628 · 12 comments ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • Recording library runtime for bug analysis by developers
    May be free again @HagarMeir claimed this 1733 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open

    hyperledger/SmartBFT#487 · 1 assignee ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • Support reconfiguration of the request pool size
    Open
    enhancement

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 15/100

    hyperledger/SmartBFT#439 ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • Do not change leader when doing reconfiguration
    Open
    enhancement

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

    hyperledger/SmartBFT#420 ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • Reason inside ViewChange message
    Open
    enhancement

    Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

    hyperledger/SmartBFT#331 ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • Requests fairness
    Open
    enhancement

    Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

    hyperledger/SmartBFT#179 ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

  • WAL improvement: Create atomically
    May be free again @tock-ibm claimed this 2541 days ago, and no pull request is open. Open
    backlog

    hyperledger/SmartBFT#80 · 1 assignee ·

    Maintainers usually reply within 1 day

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