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SLoC
The relay-chain provided consensus algorithm for parachains.
This is the simplest consensus algorithm you can use when developing a parachain. It is a permission-less consensus algorithm that doesn't require any staking or similar to join as a collator. In this algorithm the consensus is provided by the relay-chain. This works in the following way.
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Each node that sees itself as a collator is free to build a parachain candidate.
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This parachain candidate is send to the parachain validators that are part of the relay chain.
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The parachain validators validate at most X different parachain candidates, where X is the total number of parachain validators.
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The parachain candidate that is backed by the most validators is chosen by the relay-chain block producer to be added as backed candidate on chain.
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After the parachain candidate got backed and included, all collators start at 1.
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