This chapter covers blockchain age protocols. Some novel protocols and some variants of classical blockchain consensus protocols were discussed in Chapter 7. We start with Ethereum and finish this chapter with a discussion on Solana. Along the way, we will cover in detail the characteristics, strengths, weaknesses, properties, and inner workings of major consensus protocols used in platforms such as Cosmos, Ethereum 2.0, and Polkadot.
We already covered proof of work in detail in Chapter 5. So, I will not repeat that here; however, ...
