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 blockchainA blockchain is a shared digital ledger, or a continually up... More. Examples of consensus mechanisms include Proof of WorkProof of Work (Pow) is a consensus model in blockchain techn... More (PoW), Proof of StakeThe Proof of Stake (PoS) consensus model was proposed in 201... More (PoS), etc.
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