Quorum
governance · security
The minimum number of participants required to make a decision or validate an action.
A quorum is the minimum participation needed before a vote, signature set, committee decision, or validation process is considered valid. It prevents small, unrepresentative groups from making decisions for everyone.
In crypto, quorum rules appear in multi-sig wallets, validator committees, federation signers, masternode votes, and governance systems. The threshold should balance safety with liveness: too low can be captured, too high can make action impossible.
Related terms
Masternode
→A chain-specific service-node role that usually requires collateral and performs duties beyond ordinary block validation or relay.
network · consensus
Node
→Software that participates in a peer-to-peer network by validating, serving, relaying, or requesting blockchain data.
network · blockchain
Multi-Signature (multisig)
→A spending policy that requires a defined threshold of several keys or signers.
security · wallet
Governance Token
→A token that grants proposal, voting, or delegation rights in a protocol's governance process.
token · governance