Why does eCash claim transactions confirm in 2–3 seconds, while Chainspect shows a 10-minute finalit
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1. eCash Uses a Hybrid Model eCash is not a fully PoS blockchain like Avalanche or Aptos.
Instead, it combines:
a Proof-of-Work (PoW) base layer similar to Bitcoin
with an additional Avalanche Pre-Consensus layer for fast confirmations.
The process looks like this:
User sends XEC ↓ Avalanche Pre-Consensus confirms (~2–3 seconds) ↓ Transaction becomes nearly locked/finalized ↓ PoW miners include it in a block ↓ Block is mined (~10 minutes average) ↓ Traditional PoW finality achievedThe rest is for readers.
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