Meanings
nounproof of stake (plural proofs of stake)
plural proofs of stake · alternative proof-of-stake
- businessA process for transaction verification on a blockchain which does not require energy-intensive mining.
The purest form of proof of stake is simply to make mining easier for those who can show they control a large amount of currency.
2016, Arvind Narayanan, Joseph Bonneau, Edward Felten, Andrew Miller, Steven Goldfeder, Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies: A Comprehensive Introduction, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 209Synonyms: PoS
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA process for transaction verification on a blockchain which does not require energy-intensive mining.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 權益證明 /权益证明
- 權益證明 /权益证明 (quányì zhèngmíng)process for transaction verification
Finnish osuustodistus
- osuustodistusprocess for transaction verification
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