Consensus

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Definition

Consensus. It is a general agreement. In the case of distributed ledger technology, since the blockchain and its calculations are distributed,some methods to reach consensus about results are needed. Two common ways to reach consensus on whether to add blocks to the blockchain or not are Proof-of-Work and Proof-of-Stake.