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     1  Consensus
     2  =========
     3  
     4  [WIP]
     5  
     6  Not to be conflated with the ordering process. Consensus in v1
     7  architecture is a broader term overarching the entire transactional
     8  flow, which serves to generate an agreement on the order and to confirm
     9  the correctness of the set of transactions constituting a block.
    10  
    11  It is achieved as a byproduct of the various steps and verifications
    12  that occur during a transaction's lifecycle from proposal to commitment.
    13  More information on the high-level data flows is available
    14  `here <https://jira.hyperledger.org/browse/FAB-37>`__.