Table 1. Comparative analysis of traditional consensus protocols and DAG consensus protocols.

Protocol	Throughput	Latency	Scalability	EE	Communication	Consistency	Structure
POW	Low	High	Low	Low	Synchronous	Strong	Chain
POS	Low	High	Low	Low	Synchronous	Strong	Chain
PBFT	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Moderate	Semi-Synchronous	Strong	Chain
DAG	High	Low	High	High	Asynchronous	Final	Graph