![Crypto Terms Glossary: What is Rough Consensus? Crypto Terms Glossary: What is Rough Consensus?](/img/91/1223/what-is-rough-consensus-sm.webp)
Rough consensus is an informal process through which a community makes decisions about the future development of a protocol. In contrast with on-chain governance, rough consensus systems discuss changes at meetups and conferences and in online venues. Proposed changes are eventually turned into software updates, and stakeholders vote to accept or reject the change by running the update or not.