Further Reading

To delve deeper into the Ouroboros protocol, from its inception to recent new features, follow these links:

1. Ouroboros (Classic): the first provably secure proof-of-stake blockchain protocol.

2. Ouroboros Praos: removes the need for a rigid round structure and improves resilience against ‘adaptive’ attackers.

3. Ouroboros Genesis: how to avoid the need for a recent checkpoint and prove the protocol is secure under dynamic availability for trustless joining and participating.

4. Ouroboros Chronos: removes the need for a common clock.

5. Reward sharing schemes for stake pools.

6. Account management and maximizing participation in stake pools.

7. Optimizing transaction throughput with proof-of-stake protocols.

8. Fast settlement using ledger combiners.

9. Ouroboros Crypsinous: a privacy-preserving proof-of-stake protocol.

10. Kachina: a unified security model for private smart contracts.

11. Hydra: an off-chain scalability architecture for high transaction throughput with low latency, and minimal storage per node.