- Cosmos whitepaper (2016) - Cosmos network whitepaper (describing Cosmos zones/IBC and validator behavior - a network built on Tendermint consensus algo). See "Consensus systems" for a good summary of Tendermint vs PBFT and other consensus algos.
- Tendermint whitepaper ("The latest gossip on BFT consensus") (2018) - describing the Tendermint consensus algo
- Tendermint vs BFT - a quick summary
- Jepsen: Tendermint - real-world test of whether Tendermint actually satisfies its theoretical safety properties.