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The Arcium Network is designed for censorship resistance and fault tolerance, safeguarding computational integrity even in the presence of node failures or malicious behavior.

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Censorship resistance

Nodes cannot selectively block or tamper with computations undetected. With Cerberus, Arcium’s default MPC protocol, a node that submits incorrect data, aborts a task, or falsely claims another node misbehaved is detected cryptographically: any deviation from the agreed-upon protocol identifies the offending node.

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Fault handling

When misbehavior or a fault is detected, the computation aborts rather than completing with corrupted results. A failed computation accrues a reduced fee, which is then allocated with the same percentage split as success fees; see Fee allocation. The current program detects and aborts. It does not slash stake, re-execute failed computations on other nodes, or run an onchain dispute process; economic penalties beyond fee outcomes are part of ongoing protocol design.