Sui's new consensus engine, Mysticeti, has begun a phased rollout on Mainnet. George Danezis, Mysten Labs Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, explains the difference between throughput and latency, and how Mysticeti on Sui combines the two.

Mysticeti decreases latency on Sui, making it even faster. Take advantage of the most performant blockchain and get building on Sui today. 

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George Danezis

Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Mysten Labs

Chief Scientist with 20+ years in crypto/security. Former Professor at UCL and Research Scientist at Novi Financial.

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