US Patent 11881980 Byzantine fault prevention in mesh networks

Embodiments of the present disclosure include a processing device that, responsive to detecting an unavailability of a first node device of a plurality of node devices of a network, activates a proxy device to correspond to the first node device, detects a consensus operation among the plurality of node devices, wherein the consensus operation comprises a plurality of vote transmissions within the network, and controls the proxy device to provide a proxy vote transmission as part of the consensus operation.