"Paxos Simplified" (video & slides below) attempts to give a simple and clear explanation of Paxos. It is inspired by Leslie Lamport's paper "Paxos Made Simple".

- L9: Paxos Simplified https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRsK-ZXTeZ0

- Slides https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ossDCdSERSZmJXKfiCwD...

Check out https://www.distributedsystemscourse.com/ by Chris Colohan for more info.