# BlockChain Consensus **Published by:** [Lily Yin ](https://paragraph.com/@lily-yin/) **Published on:** 2023-06-20 **URL:** https://paragraph.com/@lily-yin/blockchain-consensus ## Content What are the different blockchain consensus algorithms, their differences, and pros and cons?What are the applications associated with each consensus mechanism?___________________________________________________________________________________________ Explanation of how the Proof of Work (PoW) consensus mechanism works___________________________________________________________________________________________ Mechanism of creating new blocks in a blockchain PoWExploration of Bitcoin's implementation of PoW___________________________________________________________________________________________ PoS Proof of Stake (PoS) is a consensus mechanism with distinct characteristics.Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS) utilizes an election-based approach to validate transactions and generate blocksResearching Ethereum 2.0 (Eth2) as a significant case of using PoS___________________________________________________________________________________________ DPoS Understanding the characteristics of the Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS) consensus mechanismExploring EOS and TRON as examples of projects using DPoS__________________________________________________________________________________________ Understanding how the Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance (PBFT) consensus mechanismExploring Hyperledger Fabric and R3 Corda as examples of projects using PBFT ## Publication Information - [Lily Yin ](https://paragraph.com/@lily-yin/): Publication homepage - [All Posts](https://paragraph.com/@lily-yin/): More posts from this publication - [RSS Feed](https://api.paragraph.com/blogs/rss/@lily-yin): Subscribe to updates