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Consensus

Consensus is a mechanism to achieve the necessary agreement regarding the state of a distributed network. Consensus is usually used by most nodes on the network, all having the same blocks in their locally-validated blockchain. Examples of consensus mechanisms include Proof of Work (PoW), Proof of Stake (PoS), etc.

Note: These are non-technical definitions meant for a general audience and should not be used as legal definition
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