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  1. # Light Client Protocol
  2. Light clients are an important part of the complete blockchain system
  3. for most applications. Tendermint provides unique speed and security
  4. properties for light client applications.
  5. See our [lite
  6. package](https://godoc.org/github.com/tendermint/tendermint/lite).
  7. ## Overview
  8. The objective of the light client protocol is to get a
  9. [commit](./validators.md#committing-a-block) for a recent [block
  10. hash](../spec/consensus/consensus.md.md#block-hash) where the commit includes a
  11. majority of signatures from the last known validator set. From there,
  12. all the application state is verifiable with [merkle
  13. proofs](./merkle.md#iavl-tree).
  14. ## Properties
  15. - You get the full collateralized security benefits of Tendermint; No
  16. need to wait for confirmations.
  17. - You get the full speed benefits of Tendermint; transactions
  18. commit instantly.
  19. - You can get the most recent version of the application state
  20. non-interactively (without committing anything to the blockchain).
  21. For example, this means that you can get the most recent value of a
  22. name from the name-registry without worrying about fork censorship
  23. attacks, without posting a commit and waiting for confirmations.
  24. It's fast, secure, and free!