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. 2022 Dec 2;2022:3727389. doi: 10.1155/2022/3727389

Table 2.

Blockchain algorithms.

S.no Name of the algorithm Year Invented by Purpose
1 Proof of work (PoW) 1993 Cynthia Dwork and Moni Naor Creates new blocks in sequence of chain and also confirm transactions occur in each block.
2 Proof of stake (PoS) 2011 Sunny king All blocks of chain are validated on the basis of strut of participants of network.
3 Delegated proof-of-stake (DPoS) 2014 Daniel Larimer It works like voting system so participants vote to help the state of new block according to validators.
4 Proof of burn 2014 Lain Stewart Works to reduce rate of energy consumption.
5 Proof of elapsed time (PoET) 2016 Intel All participants of networks will wait for randomly time period, then who finished on time get new block and validates that block.
6 Proof of space 2015 Dziembowski. Usage of space instead of computation is predominant in this algorithm rest of the functionality is very same as to proof of work algorithm.
7 Delayed proof of work (dPoW) 2016 Komodo project It is a security mechanism that make use of bitcoin blockchain hashpower to enhance network security.
8 Proof of authority (PoA) 2017 Gavin wood It delivers comparatively fast transactions through a consensus mechanism.
9 Leased proof-of-stake 2017 A variant of proof of stake Any participant has a possibility to lease out their balance to mining nodes and these mining nodes share a profit with participants.
10 Proof of weight 2017 MIT computer Sc. & AI lab It is a mechanism that gives users a ‘weight' based on how much cryptocurrency they are holding.