One man’s investigation into Cardano’s consensus algorithm

Mar 25, 2018

Haskell vs Perl 6: First Impressions

So far, I’ve been using Rakudo Perl 6 to demonstrate simple cryptographic schemes. It’s kept the code short and sweet and full of emoji. Since Ouroboros is written in Haskell and investigating it’s consensus algorithm is the point of this publication I thought I…

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LLFOURN in Unraveling the Ouroboros

Mar 9, 2018

Cardano: Don’t fear the ADA Whales

The large holders of Cardano colloquially referred to as “whales” are a hot topic in the Cardano…

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LLFOURN in Unraveling the Ouroboros

Feb 16, 2018

Introduction To Ouroboros

“Ouroboros” is the name of Cardano’s Proof of Stake consensus algorithm. So far it comes in two flavours, Ouroboros and Ouroboros Praos. This post gives my high level interpretation of how they both work along with some commentary. If you want a low level view check out the papers…

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LLFOURN in Unraveling the Ouroboros

Feb 15, 2018

Introduction to Distributed Ledgers

Ledgers are hard to distribute and keep updated without any central authority. Think of how hard it would be to share an excel spreadsheet between you and your friends that associates each of you with a number — let’s call it “friendcoin”. Each of you has to have a…