ADAvaultSome post mortem analysis by Prof Aggelos Kiayias in a recent blog post Ouroboros: self-healing in the wild. The analysis explores how Ouroboros performed in the recent real world stress test. In summary, the recovery we observed followed the predicted, secure-by-design self-healing behavior of Ouroboros. As SPOs installed the patch, the effective, honest stake supporting…
Not featured a CH vid for a while. Some details in this one in the planned improvements to the base layer of Cardano consensus and block propagation which will enable the system to scale to hundreds of millions of users. We will write some more on this topic soon. In the meantime worth a watch…
You probably already know that Cardano uses an algorithm known as Proof of Stake (PoS) to secure the blockchain, and maintain consensus between validators. You might also know that Ethereum is planning to transition to PoS to unlock some of the same benefits enjoyed by Cardano such as faster transaction speeds, lower transaction costs, reduced…
Charles has just put out a great video (triggered by some comments from Jack Dorsey about the relative merits of Proof of Work) that explains Proof of Stake and some of the design decisions that fed in Ouroboros, the protocol that underpins the Cardano network. Detailed, but if you want a technical analysis this is…
