# Consensus Mechanism

Conscious Chain employs its proprietary high-performance Byzantine Fault Tolerant protocol, ConsciousBFT, as the core consensus mechanism of its Layer 1 blockchain. Designed for high-frequency on-chain financial trading, it integrates classical BFT consistency theory with real-world demands for low latency and high throughput, ensuring stability and efficiency under complex transaction loads.

* Sub-second Finality: ConsciousBFT confirms blocks and finalizes transactions in approximately 0.2 seconds, providing a CEX-level user experience.
* High Throughput: The consensus layer supports over 200,000 orders per second, enabling high-frequency applications like on-chain order books (CLOB).
* Byzantine Fault Tolerance: The system tolerates up to one-third of nodes being faulty or malicious, maintaining safety and consistency.
* Dynamic Governance: Initially maintained by core validators, the network will open consensus participation through $CCC staking.
* Jailing Mechanism: Nodes with delayed or abnormal behavior are jailed—suspended from voting and block production to maintain network performance.
