What is HoneyBadger BFT (HBBFT)?

HoneyBadger BFT (HBBFT) is an asynchronous Byzantine Fault Tolerant (aBFT) network consensus mechanism that is designed to handle potentially thousands of transactions per second (TPS) and scale over a wide area network. As an asynchronous method of BFT consensus, HBBFT does not rely on assumptions about time to achieve network consensus, which is beneficial in an environment where network nodes are operating under widely different conditions and connection speeds.