user76844: Algorand is an extremely promising consensus protocol -- Could Bitcoin be configured to use Algorand?

user208: No.
You can't change Bitcoin's consensus algorithm. If you do, and you don't convince literally everyone to do the same thing, you'll end up with a fork in the chain. At best, that means you won't see any new blocks anymore. At worst, you'll end up with two active chains, and a split currency.

76844: <p>Algorand is an extremely promising consensus protocol -- Could Bitcoin be configured to use Algorand?</p>
 208: <p>No.</p>

<p>You can't change Bitcoin's consensus algorithm. If you do, and you don't convince literally everyone to do the same thing, you'll end up with a fork in the chain. At best, that means you won't see any new blocks anymore. At worst, you'll end up with two active chains, and a split currency.</p>
