At first, I thought a validator checks a block and that is basically it.
But DUSK’s process is a little different.
First comes Proposal. A randomly selected provisioner creates a candidate block and sends it to the network.
Then comes Validation. A selected committee checks that block and votes on whether it is valid.
But DUSK doesn’t stop there.
A new committee takes the result from the validation step and goes through Ratification.
If the ratification succeeds, the block is accepted as the new tip of the chain.
That made me look at DUSK’s consensus differently.
The interesting part isn't just that different people are involved.
It is that proposing, checking, and confirming are separated into different steps.
I think that matters because a blockchain dealing with financial activity needs more than a block being produced quickly.
It needs a clear way to check what was produced and reach a final decision.
And this is one reason DUSK describes Succinct Attestation as providing deterministic finality for financial markets.
The more I look into DUSK, the more I realize that some of its important ideas are hidden inside the process rather than the headline features.
Would you prefer a blockchain where one group handles the whole process, or one where proposing, checking, and confirming are separated?
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$BOME
$AVAAI
But DUSK’s process is a little different.
First comes Proposal. A randomly selected provisioner creates a candidate block and sends it to the network.
Then comes Validation. A selected committee checks that block and votes on whether it is valid.
But DUSK doesn’t stop there.
A new committee takes the result from the validation step and goes through Ratification.
If the ratification succeeds, the block is accepted as the new tip of the chain.
That made me look at DUSK’s consensus differently.
The interesting part isn't just that different people are involved.
It is that proposing, checking, and confirming are separated into different steps.
I think that matters because a blockchain dealing with financial activity needs more than a block being produced quickly.
It needs a clear way to check what was produced and reach a final decision.
And this is one reason DUSK describes Succinct Attestation as providing deterministic finality for financial markets.
The more I look into DUSK, the more I realize that some of its important ideas are hidden inside the process rather than the headline features.
Would you prefer a blockchain where one group handles the whole process, or one where proposing, checking, and confirming are separated?
#DUSK @Dusk $DUSK
$BOME
$AVAAI
