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Unraveling the Ouroboros

A series where I try and figure out the nitty gritty of how Cardano’s consensus algorithm “Ouroboros” works.

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Cardano: Don’t fear the ADA Whales

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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…

LLFOURN in Unraveling the Ouroboros

Feb 14, 2018

A Brief History of Ledgers

Before starting my investigation into distributed ledgers I did some…

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LLFOURN in Unraveling the Ouroboros

Feb 14, 2018

Introduction to the publication

This is the beginning of my journey into Ouroboros, Cardano’s consensus algorithm. I’ve recently started…