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diff --git a/docs/Recovery-Mechanism.md b/docs/Recovery-Mechanism.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6a55fd6 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/Recovery-Mechanism.md @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +# Recovery Mechanism + +Tangerine's automatic recovery mechanism will kick in in the catastrophic event that complete Tangerine Network shutdown to ensure Tangerine can still reach consensus even without Tangerine consensus algorithm. + +Nodes in the last notary set will vote on the external decentralized blockchain to determine which block height to be the point of recovery. Once a particular block height `h` has more than half of the notary set voted, the recovery consensus is reached. Block height of `h+1` will be an empty block and Tangerine consensus algorithm will continue running at height `h+2`. |