It's impossible to be unaware of the #EthereumMerge, an important milestone as the network embraces proof-of-stake (PoS), as an alternative to proof-of-work (PoW)🧑‍💻. This consensus switch represents an important change in the #Ethereum blockchain. At #Ontology, we believe that moving to PoS brings the opportunity to improve the efficiency of block 🧊production, as mining is no longer required ⛏. Indeed, the Ontology public blockchain is built as a combination of PoS, VRF, and BFT. But what does that mean? 🤔 Essentially, it means the #Ontology consensus algorithm is actually VBFT, a combination of PoS, Variable Random Function (VRF), and Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) systems 🤓. So what? decentralization, whilst allowing for a higher block generation efficiency 🙌 You can learn more about the #Ontology consensus mechanism here 👇 https://medium.com/ontologynetwork/ontology-launches-vbft-a-next-generation-consensus-mechanism-becoming-one-of-the-first-vrf-based-91f782308db4