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The Power of Simplicity on Dependable Distributed Systems (Invited Talk) Bessani, Alysson Abstractions Simplicity Byzantine Fault Tolerance Cloud Storage Contrary to a (somewhat) common belief, the most important property of a practical distributed algorithm is not its efficiency or performance but its simplicity. This fact is even more evident when considering dependable distributed systems. In this talk, I will present some cases in which simple protocols and elegant abstractions - which were not the most efficient for the problem at hand - enabled the deployment of dependable solutions that changed the practice of distributed computing. I will also discuss how the quest for simplicity influenced my work on BFT and multi-cloud storage. Ultimately, I aim to convince the audience that "simplicity is the ultimate sophistication" in distributed computing. Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik Alysson Bessani 2025 Is Part Of LIPIcs, Volume 324, 28th International Conference on Principles of Distributed Systems (OPODIS 2024) InProceedings Text doc-type:ResearchArticle publishedVersion application/pdf doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.OPODIS.2024.1 urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-225372 https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.OPODIS.2024.1 eng https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode