New creates a XDPoS delegated-proof-of-stake consensus engine with the initial signers set to the ones provided by the user.

NewFullFaker creates an ethash consensus engine with a full fake scheme that accepts all blocks as valid, without checking any consensus rules whatsoever.

API is a user facing RPC API to allow controlling the signer and voting mechanisms of the proof-of-authority scheme.

XDPoS is the delegated-proof-of-stake consensus engine proposed to support the Ethereum testnet following the Ropsten attacks.