Mainnet can be defined as a live independent blockchain network that is fully operational and is used to support cryptocurrency or a decentralized application (dApp) by providing a secure and reliable platform. The mainnet is the last stage of blockchain where real and operational transaction of cryptocurrency takes place to be permanently recorded.
Preceding blockchain comes two other stages, which are:
Proof of Concept (PoC) is a preliminary model of the blockchain project which is primarily used for testing. A small-scale version of the project is generated to check the feasibility as well as the utility of the prototype. As dApps and blockchain are generated, the core ideas behind them allow app developers to look for errors and test the features of the product. It is only a starting point, hence, lacking security or optimization of features/tools.
While Mainnet is the actual end product of the blockchain project meant to be a full-scale actual functioning network.
Nodes can be understood as computers or any other electronic devices that participate in validating transactions as the blockchain is shared by everyone and the data isn’t counted only on one authority making this a reliable source to store, maintain and locate the data. This means a decentralized database system in a blockchain. All the nodes store a copy of the blockchain and participate in the Consensus Rule.
The Consensus Rule states that the data or hash of a block cannot be changed until every member of the blockchain community agrees with the change. It resembles taking a poll, the majority of the members should agree before proceeding with the change. In case the decision does not get enough votes, the change will be rejected and data will not be altered.
Validating the transaction in the blockchain is done only by the authority’s authenticity and legitimacy. This constitutes the network’s security and consensus mechanism.
A popular example of this is Proof of Work (PoW). In Proof of Work, miners engage in a competition to solve intricate mathematical problems. The miner who discovers a valid solution first earns the privilege to append the subsequent block to the blockchain.
Mainnets usually undergo upgrades, which are improvements or addition in features and resolving errors like, security patches, etc without changing the fork. Upgrades are usually done to improve the scalability and security of the network
Fork is defined as a divergence in blockchain rules. These forks are added because of the changes made inside the blockchain network. Forks are subdivided into two parts:
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