List Of Consensus Mechanisms In Blockchain

This is a list of Consensus Mechanisms found in the space. If you add something new make sure to give an example of a project that uses it.

• Proof Of Work (POW): Used by Bitcoin
• Proof Of Stake (POS): Used by Ethereum
• Proof Of Capacity (POC) AKA Proof Of State: Used by Burstcoin
• Proof Of Elapsed Time (POET): Used by Hyperledger Sawtooth
• Transaction As Proof Of Stake (TAPOS): Used by
• Delegated Byzantine Fault Tolerance (dBFT): Used by
• Proof Of users Activity (POA): Used by
• Proof Of Burn (POB): Used by SlimCoin
• Proof of Stake Anonymous (PoSA): Used by
• Proof of Importance (POI): Used by
• Proof of Storage: Used by STORJ
• Proof of Stake Time (PoST): Used by Vericoin
• Proof of Stake Velocity (PoSV): Used by
• Proof of Checkpoint (PoC):
• Leased Proof of Stake (LPoS): Used by
• Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance (PBFT): Used by Persistent
• Proof of Authority (PoA):
• Proof of Identity (PoI):
• Proof Of Bribe: Morty Token
• POW/POS Hybrid: Used by IOTA
• Federated Byzantine Agreement: Used by Ripple
• Proof Of Asset: Used by Digixdao
• Proof Of Intelligence: Used by Aion
• Proof Of Believability: Used by IOSToken
• Proof Of Devotion: Used by
• Proof Of Retrievability: Used by Stori
• Proof Of Weight (PoWeight): Used by
• Simplified Byzantine Fault Tolerance: Used by Chain
• Proof Of Audit (POA): Used by DAPS
• Matrix Proof Of Work (MPOW): Seele
• Randomized Proof Of Stake (RPOS): Ultrain
• Proof Of Engine (POE): Used by LTO Network
• Secure Proof Of Stake (SPOS): Elrond
• Proof-of-Immutable-State (POIS): Commerce block
• Proof Of Chain (POC): Clams
• SPECTRE: HYCON
• Tendermint: IRISnet
• Hierarchical Delegated Proof of Stake (HDPoS): VITE
• Proof Of Agreement: Credits
• Proof Of Coverage: Helium.com