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  • Chain-based Proof of Work
    • Proof of Work (PoW)
    • Proof of Meaningful Work (PoMW)
    • Hybrid Proof of Work (HPoW)
    • Proof of Work time (PoWT)
    • Delayed Proof of Work (dPoW)
    • Proof of Edit Distance
    • ePoW: equitable chance and energy-saving.
    • Semi-Synchronous Proof of Work (SSPoW)
  • Chain-based Proof of Stake
    • Delegated Proof-of-Contribution (DPoC)
    • Secure Proof of Stake (SPoS)
    • Hybrid PBFT/Aurand
    • Proof of Stake (PoS)
    • Delegated Proof of Stake (DPoS)
    • Proof of Stake Time (PoST)
    • Proof of stake Boo (PoS Boo)
    • High Interest Proof of Stake (HiPoS)
    • Asset PoS (APoS )
    • Traditional Proof of Stake / Tiered Proof Of Stake (TPOS)
    • Casper the Friendly Finality Gadget (FFG)
    • Correct By Construction (CBC) Casper
    • Variable Delayed Proof of Stake (vDPOS)
    • Proof of Stake Velocity
    • Magi's Proof of Stake (mPoS)
    • Leased Proof of Stake (LPoS)
    • Delegated Proof of Importance (DPoI)
    • Leasing Proof of Stake (PoS/LPoS)
  • Chain-based Proof of Capacity/Space
    • Proof of Process
    • Proof of capacity (PoC)
    • Proof of Signature (PoSign)
    • Proof of Retrievability (POR)
    • Proof of Location
    • Proof of Reputation (PoR)
    • Proof of Proof (PoP)
    • Proof of History
    • Proof of Existence
    • Proof of Research (DPoR)
    • Proof of Activity
    • Proof of Weight (PoWeight)
    • Proof of Zero (PoZ)
    • Proof of Importance
    • Proof of Care (PoC)
    • Raft
    • Proof of Value (PoV)
    • Proof of Participation (PoP)
    • Proof of Believability
    • Proof of Stake (POS) / Proof of Presence (PoP)
    • Proof of Ownership
    • Proof of Quality (PoQ)
    • Proof of Space (PoC)
  • Chain-based Hybrid models
    • GRANDPA
    • Proof of authority (PoA)
    • Ethereum Proof of Authority
    • Limited Confidence Proof-of-Activity (LCPoA)
    • Proof of Work (PoW) / Nexus Proof of State (nPoS) or Nexus Proof of Holding (nPOH)
    • Proof of Activity
    • Proof of Work (PoW) / Proof of Stake (PoS) / Proof Of Care (PoC)
    • Proof of work (PoW) / High Interest Proof of Stake (HiPoS)
    • Proof of Work (PoW) / PoM / PoSII
  • Chain-based Proof of Burn
    • Proof of Processed Payments (PoPP)
    • Proof of Burn (PoB)
    • Proof of Time
    • Proof of Stake (PoS) / Proof of Disintegration (PoD)
  • Chain-based Trusted computing algorithms
    • Proof of Elapsed Time (PoET)
  • Chain-based PBFT and BFT-based Proof of Stake
    • leaderless BFT dual ledger architecture
    • Albatross
    • asynchronous BFT protocol
    • BFTree
    • Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT)
    • Delegated Byzantine Fault Tolerance
    • Federated Byzantine Agreement
    • HotStuff
    • LibraBFT
    • Modified Federated Byzantine Agreement (mFBA)
    • Ouroboros
    • Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance
  • Chain-based others
    • Proof of Trust (PoT)
    • Proof of Devotion
    • Snowglobe
    • Avalanche
    • Serialization of Proof-of-work Events (Spectre)
    • Scrypt-adaptive-N (ASIC resistant)
  • Chain-based DAG
    • BlockFlow
    • Direct Acyclic Graph Tangle (DAG)
    • Hashgraph
    • Block-lattice - Directed Acyclic Graphs (DAGs)
  • Magi's proof-of-work (mPoW)
  • Common Attacks
  • Performance indicators
  • ThresholdRelay
  • Holochain
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Ouroboros

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Last updated 6 years ago

A variation of Proof-of-stake(with rigorous security guarantees) used by Cardano.

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  • Cardano

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  • . Kiayias A, Russell A, David B, Oliynykov R. '16.

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Ouroboros: A provably secure proof-of-stake blockchain protocol