Avalanche is an Open Source Software (OSS), programmable Smart Contract Platform for Decentralized Applications. AVAX
is the native Cryptocurrency of the Platform.
Avalanche uses a quorum based consensus mechanism to achieve agreement in a similar process to a parliament: a proposal (Transaction) is proposed, and voted on to be accepted
or rejected
. When sufficient votes are cast by the various replicas and accumulated (typically collected through by elected leader replica), then a quorum is achieved, and the agreement is achieved validating the transation. 1)
Source: https://www.avax.network/