# Technicals

The KADENA network is known for its **zero-fee transaction** environment, which continues to drive interest in the protocol as its competitors are in the midst of record-high fees. In addition, this public blockchain integrates a parallelized proof-of-work consensus mechanism to provide Bitcoin-level security. Simultaneously, KADENA does not suffer from transaction throughput problems because of its “Pact” smart contract language that enables **simpler algorithmic transactions** through the network.

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