Proof-of-Stake Protocol - IOHK

Bernardo, the presenter, divided the talk in two parts: the first reviews main topics in Cryptography which would help the viewer to understand the presentation and the protocol itself. Whereas the second is about the protocol itself.

First Part - Cryptography background

• Commitments
• Coin Tossing/Guaranteed Output Delivery
• Verifiable Secret Sharing

Second Part - Proof-of-Stake Protocol

• Comparison Proof-of-Work (PoW) and Proof-of-Stake (PoS)
• Follow the Satoshi technique
• The protocol

The paper is