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AxiomLedger network consists of three types of nodes: Validator, Proposer and Candidate. The main difference between them is the role in consensus:
  • Validators participate in consensus voting.
  • Proposers are special Validator nodes that propose blocks in consensus.
  • Candidates do not participate in consensus but only synchronize the latest block data in the network (they also forward transactions).
However, there is no difference in deployment and installation between them. This chapter will introduce how to deploy a separate development environment network and how to deploy nodes to participate in the mainnet or testnet.