Various aspects of the subject technology relate to systems, methods, and machine-readable media for enhancing liveness in a blockchain. Various aspects may include running a first consensus protocol. Aspects may also include detecting a liveness attack in the first consensus protocol. Aspects may also include suspending, when the liveness attack is detected, acceptance of new blocks in the first consensus protocol. Aspects may also include broadcasting a preferred block and identifying a highest accepted block in the set of nodes from running the first consensus protocol based on the preferred block. Aspects may also include transitioning from the first consensus protocol to the second consensus protocol and running the second consensus protocol until a consensus value or a new accepted block is decided. Aspects may also include reinstating and resuming running the first consensus protocol based on the new accepted block.