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# Core

The Core service is mainly responsible for making new blocks and coordinating related services to answer various types of requests from the consensus service through a set of standard interfaces. The Core isn’t aware of specific consensus algorithms used within the consensus service. The core service is also the bridge between the consensus and other services.


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