[Feature]: support alternative protocols like SwiftPaxos (NSDI'24)

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Description about the feature

Appears to be the new SOTA for the geo-replicated state machines:

https://www.usenix.org/conference/nsdi24/presentation/ryabinin

Hopefully much of the existing machinery can be reused.

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