PROOFS.md

Proofs for Finding Consensus • Proofs for Finding Truth • Consensus Protocols

Awesome Proofs

A curated list of proofs for finding consensus / for finding truth.

Proof of Work / Proof of Waste (PoW)

Using a lottery to pick the winner - to "play" you have to "work" - the more you "work" the bigger your chances to win.

Proof of Stake (PoS)

Proof of Authority (PoA)

Proof of Person / Proof of Personhood (PoP)

Proof of Importance (PoI)

Proof of Activity (PoA)

Proof of Burn

Proof of Capacity

Proof of Storage

Proof of Space

Proof of Elapsed Time (PoET)

Invented By Chipmaker Intel. The algorithm uses a trusted execution environment (TEE) to ensure blocks get produced in a random lottery fashion, but without the required work.

Proof of Pudding (PoP)

Proverb - "You can only say something is a success after it has been tried out or used."

Notes

A (Short) Guide to Blockchain Consensus Protocols @ CoinDesk, Mar 2017 at 11:50 UTC by Amy Castor