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- # Consensus
-
- ## Channel
-
- Consensus has four separate channels. The channel identifiers are listed below.
-
- | Name | Number |
- |--------------------|--------|
- | StateChannel | 32 |
- | DataChannel | 33 |
- | VoteChannel | 34 |
- | VoteSetBitsChannel | 35 |
-
- ## Message Types
-
- ### Proposal
-
- Proposal is sent when a new block is proposed. It is a suggestion of what the
- next block in the blockchain should be.
-
- | Name | Type | Description | Field Number |
- |----------|----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------|
- | proposal | [Proposal](../../core/data_structures.md#proposal) | Proposed Block to come to consensus on | 1 |
-
- ### Vote
-
- Vote is sent to vote for some block (or to inform others that a process does not vote in the
- current round). Vote is defined in the
- [Blockchain](https://github.com/tendermint/spec/blob/master/spec/core/data_structures.md#blockidd)
- section and contains validator's
- information (validator address and index), height and round for which the vote is sent, vote type,
- blockID if process vote for some block (`nil` otherwise) and a timestamp when the vote is sent. The
- message is signed by the validator private key.
-
- | Name | Type | Description | Field Number |
- |------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------|--------------|
- | vote | [Vote](../../core/data_structures.md#vote) | Vote for a proposed Block | 1 |
-
- ### BlockPart
-
- BlockPart is sent when gossiping a piece of the proposed block. It contains height, round
- and the block part.
-
- | Name | Type | Description | Field Number |
- |--------|--------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------|
- | height | int64 | Height of corresponding block. | 1 |
- | round | int32 | Round of voting to finalize the block. | 2 |
- | part | [Part](../../core/data_structures.md#part) | A part of the block. | 3 |
-
- ### NewRoundStep
-
- NewRoundStep is sent for every step transition during the core consensus algorithm execution.
- It is used in the gossip part of the Tendermint protocol to inform peers about a current
- height/round/step a process is in.
-
- | Name | Type | Description | Field Number |
- |--------------------------|--------|----------------------------------------|--------------|
- | height | int64 | Height of corresponding block | 1 |
- | round | int32 | Round of voting to finalize the block. | 2 |
- | step | uint32 | | 3 |
- | seconds_since_start_time | int64 | | 4 |
- | last_commit_round | int32 | | 5 |
-
- ### NewValidBlock
-
- NewValidBlock is sent when a validator observes a valid block B in some round r,
- i.e., there is a Proposal for block B and 2/3+ prevotes for the block B in the round r.
- It contains height and round in which valid block is observed, block parts header that describes
- the valid block and is used to obtain all
- block parts, and a bit array of the block parts a process currently has, so its peers can know what
- parts it is missing so they can send them.
- In case the block is also committed, then IsCommit flag is set to true.
-
- | Name | Type | Description | Field Number |
- |-----------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------|
- | height | int64 | Height of corresponding block | 1 |
- | round | int32 | Round of voting to finalize the block. | 2 |
- | block_part_set_header | [PartSetHeader](../../core/data_structures.md#partsetheader) | | 3 |
- | block_parts | int32 | | 4 |
- | is_commit | bool | | 5 |
-
- ### ProposalPOL
-
- ProposalPOL is sent when a previous block is re-proposed.
- It is used to inform peers in what round the process learned for this block (ProposalPOLRound),
- and what prevotes for the re-proposed block the process has.
-
- | Name | Type | Description | Field Number |
- |--------------------|----------|-------------------------------|--------------|
- | height | int64 | Height of corresponding block | 1 |
- | proposal_pol_round | int32 | | 2 |
- | proposal_pol | bitarray | | 3 |
-
- ### ReceivedVote
-
- ReceivedVote is sent to indicate that a particular vote has been received. It contains height,
- round, vote type and the index of the validator that is the originator of the corresponding vote.
-
- | Name | Type | Description | Field Number |
- |--------|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------|
- | height | int64 | Height of corresponding block | 1 |
- | round | int32 | Round of voting to finalize the block. | 2 |
- | type | [SignedMessageType](../../core/data_structures.md#signedmsgtype) | | 3 |
- | index | int32 | | 4 |
-
- ### VoteSetMaj23
-
- VoteSetMaj23 is sent to indicate that a process has seen +2/3 votes for some BlockID.
- It contains height, round, vote type and the BlockID.
-
- | Name | Type | Description | Field Number |
- |--------|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------|
- | height | int64 | Height of corresponding block | 1 |
- | round | int32 | Round of voting to finalize the block. | 2 |
- | type | [SignedMessageType](../../core/data_structures.md#signedmsgtype) | | 3 |
-
- ### VoteSetBits
-
- VoteSetBits is sent to communicate the bit-array of votes a process has seen for a given
- BlockID. It contains height, round, vote type, BlockID and a bit array of
- the votes a process has.
-
- | Name | Type | Description | Field Number |
- |----------|------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------|
- | height | int64 | Height of corresponding block | 1 |
- | round | int32 | Round of voting to finalize the block. | 2 |
- | type | [SignedMessageType](../../core/data_structures.md#signedmsgtype) | | 3 |
- | block_id | [BlockID](../../core/data_structures.md#blockid) | | 4 |
- | votes | BitArray | Round of voting to finalize the block. | 5 |
-
- ### Message
-
- Message is a [`oneof` protobuf type](https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/proto#oneof).
-
- | Name | Type | Description | Field Number |
- |-----------------|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|--------------|
- | new_round_step | [NewRoundStep](#newroundstep) | Height of corresponding block | 1 |
- | new_valid_block | [NewValidBlock](#newvalidblock) | Round of voting to finalize the block. | 2 |
- | proposal | [Proposal](#proposal) | | 3 |
- | proposal_pol | [ProposalPOL](#proposalpol) | | 4 |
- | block_part | [BlockPart](#blockpart) | | 5 |
- | vote | [Vote](#vote) | | 6 |
- | received_vote | [ReceivedVote](#ReceivedVote) | | 7 |
- | vote_set_maj23 | [VoteSetMaj23](#votesetmaj23) | | 8 |
- | vote_set_bits | [VoteSetBits](#votesetbits) | | 9 |
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