https://blockchaining.org/tags/consensus/ Recent content in Consensus on Blockchaining.org Hugo en-us Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blockchaining.org/2026/04/21/validators-staking-and-the-infrastructure-layer-of-defi/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blockchaining.org/2026/04/21/validators-staking-and-the-infrastructure-layer-of-defi/ <p>Before any decentralized exchange can execute a trade or any lending protocol can process a withdrawal, a more fundamental layer of the system must function correctly: the consensus mechanism that validates transactions and maintains the integrity of the blockchain. This is the infrastructure on which all defi activity runs, and the participants who operate it — miners and validators — are in many respects the most essential actors in the ecosystem.</p>