Further Reading
To delve deeper into the Ouroboros protocol, from its inception to recent new features, follow these links:
Ouroboros (Classic): the first provably secure proof-of-stake blockchain protocol.
Ouroboros Praos: removes the need for a rigid round structure and improves resilience against ‘adaptive’ attackers.
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.
Ouroboros Chronos: removes the need for a common clock.
Reward sharing schemes for stake pools.
Account management and maximizing participation in stake pools.
Optimizing transaction throughput with proof-of-stake protocols.
Fast settlement using ledger combiners.
Ouroboros Crypsinous: a privacy-preserving proof-of-stake protocol.
Kachina: a unified security model for private smart contracts.
Hydra: an off-chain scalability architecture for high transaction throughput with low latency, and minimal storage per node.
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