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		undefuser on Nov 25, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An engineer's observations on Web3 and its possibi... Could you provide some pointers to resources that explain clearly how Solana's consensus protocol and its Proof of History work? I read the whitepaper, watched a couple of videos but still find it unclear. As some other people said, it is not different from Bitcoin's mechanism with difficulty of zero.

lui8906 on Nov 25, 2021 [–]

I have found these two to be useful:

> https://github.com/lsmod/proof-of-history-explained

> https://www.shinobi-systems.com/primer.html

> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKGhbC6Uync

(I know I know it's an hour long, but honestly watching 3 geeks having a good natured session contrasting their systems in real time is a joy)

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