A comparative analysis between different existing methods for registering, validating, and carrying out transactions within Blockchain technology was performed in this research. Properties considered essential because of their applicability and efficacy were identified. Relevant characteristics to determine which of the different consensus methods help improve scalability or security problems that this technology has, so far, in each platform, were considered. These characteristics do not have the same importance. Therefore, a new score that allows obtaining results according to the value and relevance of its protocols was introduced. The protocols with the best characteristics were: Delegated Tolerance of Byzantine Faults, Delegated Proof of Participation, and Proof of Work; being Delegated Tolerance of Byzantine Faults, the best method to, among the most relevant characteristics, carry out 10000 transactions per second with low latency and low resource consumption.

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