Avalanche Consensus
Learn how blockchains arrive at consensus using different mechanisms.
Avalanche Consensus is a novel consensus protocol that is used in the Avalanche network. It is a leaderless, decentralized, and scalable consensus protocol that is used to achieve consensus on the state of the network.
What You Will Learn
In this section, you will go through the following topics:
- Consensus Mechanisms: Understand what consensus mechanisms are and how they work
- Snowman Consensus: Learn about the Snowman consensus protocol
- TPS vs TTF: Understand the difference between transactions per second (TPS) and time to finality (TTF)