POADAO v1

The original POA Whitepaper distributed October 2017.

Original Publication Dates

• The first draft of the whitepaper was distributed on Oct 4, 2017 . Read more here: https://medium.com/poa-network/introducing-oracles-network-864d1d7e37e2

• 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

• Introduction

• Proof of Authority

• POA Network Functionality

• Decentralized Applications

• Summary & Acknowledgements

• References

• Appendix A: Code Samples