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. 2024 Oct 18;26:e50730. doi: 10.2196/50730

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©Rima Kaafarani, Leila Ismail, Oussama Zahwe. Originally published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (https://www.jmir.org), 18.10.2024.

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Graphical representation of the taxonomy of blockchain platforms—generic blockchain platforms. aBFT: Asynchronous Byzantine Fault Tolerant; BFT: Byzantine Fault Tolerance; dBFT: Delegated Byzantine Fault Tolerance; DPoS: Delegated Proof of Stake; FPC: Fast Probabilistic Consensus; IBFT: Istanbul Byzantine Fault Tolerance; pBFT: Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance; PoA: Proof of Authority; PoET: Proof of Elapsed Time; PoP: Proof of Pledge; PoS: Proof of Stake; PoW: Proof of Work; PoX: Proof of Transfer; PPoS: Pure Proof of Stake; RAFT: Reliable, Replicated, Redundant, and Fault-Tolerant; RoR: Return on Reputation; SBFT: Smilo Byzantine Fault Tolerance; XDPoS: Extended Delegated Proof of Stake; YAC: Yet Another Consensus.