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POADAO v1

The original POA Whitepaper distributed October 2017.

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Original Publication Dates

  • The first draft of the whitepaper was distributed on Oct 4, 2017 . Read more here:

  • The last revision was made Sep 28, 2018 to adjust several figures.

Abstract

In this paper we propose an open, permissioned network based on Ethereum protocol with Proof of Authority consensus by independent validators.

Authors: Igor Barinov, Viktor Baranov, Pavel Khahulin

Sections

https://medium.com/poa-network/introducing-oracles-network-864d1d7e37e2
Introduction
Proof of Authority
POA Network Functionality
Decentralized Applications
Summary & Acknowledgements
References
Appendix A: Code Samples