Cardano uses proof of stake via Ouroboros, where delegated ada stays liquid in your wallet and is never locked or slashed.
Explore next
- OuroborosThe family of proof-of-stake consensus protocols that power Cardano, designed with formal security proofs against the known attack catalogue against PoS chains.View term
- Proof of WorkA consensus mechanism where miners compete to solve computational puzzles to create blocks.View term
- Stake PoolA server node that participates in the Cardano network by validating transactions and producing blocks.View term