Table 1 Characteristics of different consensus mechanisms

From: A blockchain consensus mechanism for real-time regulation of renewable energy power systems

Consensus mechanism

Protected data

Consensus value⋆

Meaningful solution

Operation center

Real-time

Security

Complexity

Efficiency

PoW

Transaction

No

No

No

Low

High

High

Low

PoC

Solution

No

Yes

No

Low

High

Low

High

PoSo

Solution

No

Yes

Yes

Medium

High

Low

High

PoT

Measurement and solution

Yes

Yes

No

High

High

Medium

High

  1. Consensus value⋆ denotes that there must be a value under a round of consensus.