# What is/will be the consensus mechanism for StarkNet?

**URL:** <https://community.starknet.io/t/what-is-will-be-the-consensus-mechanism-for-starknet/1852>\
**Category:** Starknet Technical Development\
**Tags:** conventions, consensus\
**Created:** [July 21, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.starknet.io/t/what-is-will-be-the-consensus-mechanism-for-starknet/1852 "2022-07-21T19:35:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![0xangelo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.starknet.io/0xangelo/32/851_2.png) [@0xangelo](https://community.starknet.io/u/0xangelo)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.starknet.io/t/what-is-will-be-the-consensus-mechanism-for-starknet/1852/1 "2022-07-21T19:35:31Z")

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I was reading the documentation around the StarkNet L2 and could not be sure about what the consensus algorithm (e.g., PoW, PoS) is now or will be when decentralization plans concretize.

Who will be able to participate? If it becomes a PoS chain, will there be a limit on the number of validators? Will there be different mechanisms for block authoring and finalization? Any further details would be highly appreciated.

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**Author:** ![gaetbout](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.starknet.io/gaetbout/32/712_2.png) [@gaetbout](https://community.starknet.io/u/gaetbout)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.starknet.io/t/what-is-will-be-the-consensus-mechanism-for-starknet/1852/2 "2022-07-25T15:43:10Z")

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I think this thread could help you:

> [@Decentralized Consensus Potential Candidate (Longest Chain)](https://community.starknet.io/t/decentralized-consensus-potential-candidate-longest-chain/824):
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> Motivation The primary motivation of this suggestion is to establish a lightweight sequencing protocol on L2 which: Can support a relatively large number of sequencers without burdening the network Will guarantee that StarkNet is alive as long as Ethereum is On the downside - this suggestion doesn’t emphasize the importance of extremely fast/strong finality. Stake management In this suggestion, L1 manages the stake of the sequencers. L1 is the only place where slashing can happen. Sequen…

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**Author:** ![bbrandtom](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/community.starknet.io/bbrandtom/32/9_2.png) [@bbrandtom](https://community.starknet.io/u/bbrandtom)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://community.starknet.io/t/what-is-will-be-the-consensus-mechanism-for-starknet/1852/3 "2022-08-27T12:56:20Z")

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Those are great questions. We are actively researching those topics - in some area we’ve made more progress and in some less.

To see an intro post to the topic - [StarkNet decentralization : Kicking off the discussion](https://community.starknet.io/t/starknet-decentralization-kicking-off-the-discussion/711)

In general, you can search for the #consensus tag to see all discussion around these topic.