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Q: What is a Consensus Mechanism? [Paid: #26]

Q: What is a Consensus Mechanism? [Paid: #26]

We spend a lot of time talking about the top of the stack here, but the foundation of the stack is just as important. This week we start a series examining mining and consensus.

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We’ve spent probably the majority of our efforts on this list talking about the absolute top of the stack when it comes to blockchain (tokens, smart contracts, ICOs, NFTs, etc)... but we haven’t spent a ton of time talking about the absolute bottom of the stack: namely consensus mechanisms and mining.

We’re going to start a multi-part series over the nex…

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