Nope, that's not how it works; perhaps you should do some research then get back to us? https://ripple.com/wiki/Consensus https://ripple.com/wiki/Consensus is a

Nope, that's not how it works; perhaps you should do some research then get back to us? https://ripple.com/wiki/Consensus https://ripple.com/wiki/Consensus is a good place to start; there's also http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/13330/what-is-the-exact-consensus-protocol-ripple-uses http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/13330/what-is-the....