Distributed Consensus — Proof of Stake

Oliver Jumpertz
3 min readFeb 9, 2022

Proof-of-Stake is another pretty popular consensus algorithm in the blockchain space. Time to shed some light on it and take a look at what it offers.

A Quick Recap On Proof-Of-Work

A Proof-Of-Work algorithm requires miners to do a certain amount of work that is compute-intensive to gain access to a service or the right to do something. This algorithm…

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