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| Pros | Cons |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Scalable more than other popular mechanisms such POS and POW, as it's based on a limited number of block signers | PoA networks typically have a relatively small number of validating nodes. This makes a PoA network more centralized. |
| Scalable more than other popular mechanisms such PoS and PoW, as it's based on a limited number of block signers | PoA networks typically have a relatively small number of validating nodes. This makes a PoA network more centralized. |
| PoA blockchains are incredibly cheap to run and maintain | becoming an authorized signer is typically out of reach for an ordinary person, because the blockchain requires entities with established reputation. |
| The transactions are confirmed very quick as it could reach less than 1 second because only limited number of signers are required to validate new blocks | malicious signers could reorg, double spend, censor transactions in the network, those attacks are mitigated but still possible |

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