Consensus

How the Network Agrees on Truth

Bitcoin Network
Distributed Consensus
1
Broadcast

New transactions sent to network

2
Compete

Miners solve cryptographic puzzle

3
Validate

Network checks proposed block

4
Consensus

Majority accepts new block

Proof of Work

Computational power secures the network. The longest valid chain becomes the truth.

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