See proof-of-work algorithm and proof-of-stake algorithm. Public vs. Private Blockchains The consensus mechanism in public blockchains has to be a lot more robust than in private blockchains.

Computer scientists have developed an algorithm that improves the speed at which nodes within a multi-agent system converge on consensus without compromising energy consumption, a development with ...

Google's MUM algorithm gets updated with the ability to understand when multiple sources on the web come to a consensus. Google’s Multitask Unified Model (MUM) algorithm is now capable of ...

This next stage will merge the Beacon Chain with the mainnet, officially switching to a PoS consensus algorithm. From Phase 1 onward, Eth2 will house Ethereum’s entire history of transactions ...