# Quorum

> The requirement that a majority of nodes agree before a decision commits.

Record: `lexicon:quorum`
Kind: constraint
Layer: [Execution Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/execution-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-quorum

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Management API](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/management-api.md) and before [Central Dependency Risk](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/central-dependency-risk.md).

## Category

- [Control / Coordination / Centralization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/control-coordination-centralization.md)

## Required by

- [Consensus](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/consensus.md)

## Linked from

- [Control / Coordination / Centralization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-control-coordination-centralization.md)