From 91c92cb277a4ee17dedf06a8421ef5e2d10b464d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: staking4all <61656547+staking4all@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2023 07:54:07 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update docs/about/grandpa-explained.md Agree, must be paired together. Co-authored-by: Priyank Gupta --- docs/about/grandpa-explained.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/about/grandpa-explained.md b/docs/about/grandpa-explained.md index 6e222416..4eed00cd 100644 --- a/docs/about/grandpa-explained.md +++ b/docs/about/grandpa-explained.md @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import useBaseUrl from '@docusaurus/useBaseUrl'; ## Introduction GRANDPA, which stands for "GHOST-based Recursive ANcestor Deriving Prefix Agreement," is the consensus algorithms used by Avail. GRANDPA works in conjunction with another consensus -algorithm called BABE (Blind Assignment for Blockchain Extension) to secure the overall network and ensure the finality of blocks on the Avail blockchain. +GRANDPA in and of itself is a block finalization algorithm, and as such needs to be paired with block-authoring mechanisms like [Aura](https://paritytech.github.io/polkadot-sdk/master/sc_consensus_aura/index.html) or BABE (Avail uses BABE) to ensure a properly functioning blockchain. GRANDPA is responsible for achieving finality in the Avail network. Finality means that once a block is added to the blockchain, it is irreversible and cannot be reverted. This is in contrast to probabilistic finality found in some other consensus mechanisms.