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# Introduction - Overview

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ProSoft Chain is a Delegated Proof-of-Stake, layer-1 blockchain with a vision for a decentralised computation accessible on-chain.

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The design of the ProSoft network separates consensus from execution to ensure secure, decentralised and permissionless access to high-performance computing at scale.

Builders on the network get access to:

•🔧 High application performance

•🏗 Developer-friendly toolkit

•💱 Composable asset management

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## Users of the chain benefit from:

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•🔐 High cryptographic security

•🔬 Public blockchain transparency

•📬 Cross-chain interoperability

•🌳 Carbon-neutral transactions

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## Proof-of-Stake Consensus

A Tendermint Core engine manages consensus - powered by a Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) consensus model. The BFT model can tolerate less than one-third of the Byzantine validators reaching consensus. Considered to be a gold standard in Proof-of-Stake consensus, it is the most widely used consensus engine across the industry. The PoS algorithm reduces the Cosmos carbon footprint by more than 99% compared to Proof-of-Work blockchains like Bitcoin.

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