How Do Different Consensus Mechanisms Affect the Security of a DON?

A DON's consensus mechanism determines how the independent oracle nodes agree on the final, valid price. A robust mechanism, such as a BFT-style consensus or a simple majority vote on aggregated data, ensures that a few malicious nodes cannot corrupt the final output.

The security depends on the cost to compromise the required number of nodes, which is often tied to the network's staking and slashing mechanism.