fix(consensus): strong termination for the binary agreement #765
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Description
This pull request (PR) implements strong termination for binary agreement.
Any validator who makes a decision in the MainVote step will broadcast the
decide
message.Any validator who sees a proper and justified
decide
message can decide on the agreed-upon value and terminate immediately.This is based on section 5.3.1 of the ABBA spec: "Achieving Stronger Termination"