The Ouroboros Proof of Stake Protocol, Highly Scalable and Sustainably Secure
The Ouroboros proof-of-stake protocol (PoS) provides, and improves upon, the security guarantees of the proof-of-work protocol (PoW) established by Bitcoin - at a fraction of the time & cost.
Ouroboros is the 1st provably secure PoS protocol, and the 1st blockchain protocol to be based on peer-reviewed research; consequently, the result is a protocol with proven security guarantees able to facilitate the propagation of global, permission-less networks with minimal energy requirements.
"Ouroboros exists to define the parameters of the new world:
a protocol
more secure, scalable, and energy-efficient than
anything that has come
before."
Incentives For Participants
To ensure the sustainability of the Cardano blockchain, the protocol features reward mechanism via the native ADA cryptocurrency;
- Rewards stake pool operators
- Passive income to ADA holders that delegate their ADA to a stake pool.
Read more: Ouroboros Proof of Stake Protocol
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The Cardano Team
Cardano Blockchain 3.0 ~ ADA Cryptocurrency
The Cardano Foundation,
an independent-entity based in Switzerland, supervises the development
of Cardano and its ecosystem; they are committed to protecting and
promoting Cardano, and to advocating on behalf of the users and
community of the protocol.
Input|Output
is the engineering firm developing the Cardano platform, which has
more advanced features of any protocol to date, and is the first to
evolve out of a scientific philosophy. The large team of expert
engineers and researchers, drawn from around the globe, began by
deconstructing the concept of a cryptocurrency and incorporating a
ground-breaking Proof of Stake Algorithm, Ouroboros. The IOHK team
employed a first principles approach driven by peer-reviewed, academic
research to build Cardano from the ground up.
Emurgo is
a global blockchain technology company providing solutions for
developers, startups, enterprises and governments integrating onto the
Cardano blockchain. EMURGO develops enterprise-grade applications,
builds developer tools, invests in startups, and provides blockchain
education; the company has offices and manages projects in Singapore,
Japan, the USA, India, and Indonesia.