From a34df76cf2819bd549ca106e5fbcfda6e4b50d48 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: 0xOZ <52073989+0x0OZ@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2024 22:14:24 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Update public/content/developers/docs/consensus-mechanisms/poa/index.md Co-authored-by: Paul Wackerow <54227730+wackerow@users.noreply.github.com> --- .../content/developers/docs/consensus-mechanisms/poa/index.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/public/content/developers/docs/consensus-mechanisms/poa/index.md b/public/content/developers/docs/consensus-mechanisms/poa/index.md index cd4e1a512ab..3da5284e77f 100644 --- a/public/content/developers/docs/consensus-mechanisms/poa/index.md +++ b/public/content/developers/docs/consensus-mechanisms/poa/index.md @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ To better understand this page, we recommend you first read up on [transactions] ## What is proof-of-authority (PoA)? {#what-is-poa} -Proof-of-Authority is a modified version of [proof-of-stake](/developers/docs/consensus-mechanisms/pos/) that is a reputation-based consensus algorithm instead of stake-based mechanism in POS. The term has been introduced for the first time in 2017 by Gavin Wood, and this consensus algorithm has been mostly used by private chains, testnets and local development networks, as it overcomes the need for high quality resources as POW does, and overcomes the scalability issues with POS by having small subset of nodes storing the blockchian and producing blocks. +Proof-of-authority is a modified version of **[proof-of-stake](/developers/docs/consensus-mechanisms/pos/) (PoS)** that is a reputation-based consensus algorithm instead of stake-based mechanism in PoS. The term has been introduced for the first time in 2017 by Gavin Wood, and this consensus algorithm has been mostly used by private chains, testnets and local development networks, as it overcomes the need for high quality resources as POW does, and overcomes the scalability issues with PoS by having small subset of nodes storing the blockchain and producing blocks. Proof-of-Authority requires trusting a set of authorized signers that are set in the [genesis block](/glossary/#genesis-block). In most current implementations, all authorized signers retain equal power and privileges when determining consensus of the chain. The idea behind reputation staking is every authorized validator is well-known to everyone through things like know-your customer (KYC), or by having a well-known organization being the only validator. This way if a validator does anything wrong, their identity is known.