# List Of Consensus Mechanisms In Blockchain

> List of consensus mechanisms to agree up on transaction blocks on blockchains

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- Categories: Projects & Protocols
- Tags: DeFi, Infrastructure
- Created: 2022-07-04T16:20:49.073Z
- Last updated: 2023-01-24T09:56:46.246Z
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This is a list of Consensus Mechanisms found in the space. If you add something new make sure to give an example of a project that uses it.  
  
* [Proof Of Work (POW)](https://iq.wiki/wiki/proof-of-work-pow): Used by [Bitcoin](https://iq.wiki/wiki/bitcoin)  
* [Proof Of Stake (POS)](https://iq.wiki/wiki/proof-of-stake): Used by [Ethereum](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ethereum)  
* Proof Of Capacity (POC) AKA Proof Of State: Used by Burstcoin  
* Proof Of Elapsed Time (POET): Used by Hyperledger Sawtooth  
* Transaction As Proof Of Stake (TAPOS): Used by  
* Delegated Byzantine Fault Tolerance (dBFT): Used by  
* Proof Of users Activity (POA): Used by  
* Proof Of Burn (POB): Used by SlimCoin  
* Proof of Stake Anonymous (PoSA): Used by  
* Proof of Importance (POI): Used by  
* Proof of Storage: Used by STORJ  
* Proof of Stake Time (PoST): Used by Vericoin  
* Proof of Stake Velocity (PoSV): Used by  
* Proof of Checkpoint (PoC):  
* Leased Proof of Stake (LPoS): Used by  
* Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance (PBFT): Used by Persistent  
* Proof of Authority (PoA):  
* Proof of Identity (PoI):  
* Proof Of Bribe: Morty Token  
* POW/POS Hybrid: Used by IOTA  
* Federated Byzantine Agreement: Used by Ripple  
* Proof Of Asset: Used by Digixdao  
* Proof Of Intelligence: Used by Aion  
* Proof Of Believability: Used by IOSToken  
* Proof Of Devotion: Used by  
* Proof Of Retrievability: Used by Stori  
* Proof Of Weight (PoWeight): Used by  
* Simplified Byzantine Fault Tolerance: Used by Chain  
* Proof Of Audit (POA): Used by DAPS  
* Matrix Proof Of Work (MPOW): Seele  
* Randomized Proof Of Stake (RPOS): Ultrain  
* Proof Of Engine (POE): Used by LTO Network  
* Secure Proof Of Stake (SPOS): Elrond  
* Proof-of-Immutable-State (POIS): Commerce block  
* Proof Of Chain (POC): Clams  
* SPECTRE: HYCON  
* Tendermint: IRISnet  
* Hierarchical Delegated Proof of Stake (HDPoS): VITE  
* Proof Of Agreement: Credits  
* Proof Of Coverage: Helium.com  
  
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