Consensus, validators and the UNL
How servers agree on each new ledger without mining, and whose votes they count.
3 lessons13 minDifficulty Checked 2026-11-10Validators agree on a new ledger every few seconds. Each server chooses which validators it trusts. Nothing is mined, and the protocol pays no reward for validating.
- Read validation_quorum and last_close with server_info.
- Check whether any validator is on the Negative UNL.