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Consensus

Consensus mechanisms​

As our system is a distributed fault-tolerant one, we need to ensure every participant (node) have the same conclusion. That's were consensus mechanism play their role.

It ensures that every transaction & behavior are replicated and recorded in all the machines in the network in the same order.

There are several ways to ensure consensus also known as "Proof of ..." in the blockchain area:

  • Proof of Work
  • Proof of Stake
  • Proof of Authority
  • IBFT
  • ...

And also widely used ones like RAFT for distributed system like cloud DB multi-az replication.

In EcoMobiCoin blockchain, we use our own Proof of Behavior, a green Proof of Work based on VDF and quantifiable data.

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