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WHITEPAPERS: Smart Contract Protocols
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| Name | Link | Whitepaper title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Achain (previously thinkyoung) | https://www.achain.com/Achain%20Whitepaper%202.0_EN.pdf | Achain Blockchain Whitepaper: build to be boundless | |
| Aergo (by blocko) | https://www.aergo.io/paper/ | multiple | |
| Aion | https://aion.network/media/en-aion-network-technical-introduction.pdf | Aion: enabling the decentralized Internet | |
| Ark | https://ark.io/Whitepaper.pdf | A Platform for Consumer Adoption | |
| Avalanche | https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmUy4jh5mGNZvLkjies1RWM4YuvJh5o2FYopNPVYwrRVGV | Snowflake to Avalanche: a novel metastable consensus protocol family for cryptocurrencies | |
| Blink | https://blink.network/media/blink-protocol.pdf | Proof-of-stake distrbuted consensus protocol | |
| Byteball | https://byteball.org/Byteball.pdf | A Decentralized System for Storage and Transfer of Value | |
| Cardano | https://whitepaperdatabase.com/cardano-ada-whitepaper/ | Ouroboros: A provably secure proof-of-stake blockchain protocol | |
| Celer Network | https://www.celer.network/doc/CelerNetwork-Whitepaper.pdf | Celer Network: Bring Internet Scale to Every Blockchain | |
| Chia | https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/893.pdf | Beyond Hellman's Time-memory trade-offs with applications to proofs of space | |
| Coda | https://codaprotocol.com/static/coda-whitepaper-05-10-2018-0.pdf | Coda: Decentralized cryptocurrency at scale | |
| Cosmos | https://cosmos.network/docs/resources/whitepaper.html | A Network of Distributed Ledgers | |
| CryptoNear | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UQ5A4g2wOl5EKTjpH8p7B3uiQ6CqFYVE/view | CryptoNear : A Fast Decentralized Protocol for Low-End Devices | |
| DAGlabs | https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/1159.pdf | Spectre/Phantom whitepapers | |
| Decred | https://docs.decred.org/research/overview/ | ||
| Dfinity | https://dfinity.org/pdf-viewer/pdfs/viewer?file=../library/dfinity-consensus.pdf | Multiple | |
| Elrond | https://elrond.network/files/Elrond_Whitepaper_EN.pdf | A highly scalable public blockchain via adaptive state sharding and secure proof of stake | |
| Enigma MPC | https://enigma.co/enigma_full.pdf | Enigma: Decentralized Computation Platform with Guaranteed Privacy | |
| EOS | https://eos.io/documents/EOS_An_Introduction.pdf | eos: an introduction | |
| Ethereum | https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/White-Paper | A Next-Generation Smart Contract and Decentralized Application Platform | |
| Ethereum Classic | |||
| Exonum | |||
| Gamechain | http://blockchain.game/WhitepaperCN.pdf | Onchain gaming distribution channel | |
| Gochain | https://gochain.io/gochain-whitepaper-v1.pdf | Gochain: Blockchain at Scale | |
| Harmony | http://simple-rules.com/tech | Harmony: open consensus for 10B people | |
| Hashgraph | https://www.swirlds.com/downloads/SWIRLDS-TR-2016-01.pdf | The Swirlds Hashgraph consensus algorithm: fair fast byzantine fault tolerance | |
| Holochain | https://github.com/holochain/holochain-proto/blob/whitepaper/holochain.pdf | scalable agent-centric distributed computing | |
| ICON | https://docs.icon.foundation/ICON-Whitepaper-EN-Draft.pdf | ICON: Hyperconnect the world | |
| iOlite | https://iolite.io/docs/iolite_witepaper_rev3.pdf | Bridging the Gaps with Iolite Blockchain | |
| IOTA | http://iotatoken.com/IOTA_Whitepaper.pdf | The Tangle | |
| Kadena | http://kadena.io/docs/Kadena-ConsensusWhitePaper-Aug2016.pdf | Multiple | |
| Lisk* | https://whitepaperdatabase.com/lisk-lsk-whitepaper/ | Lisk Whitepaper | |
| Magnachain | https://magnachain.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/MagnaChain_Tech-Whitepaper_En-5.pdf | Changing the Rules of the Game | |
| NANO (previously Raiblocks) | https://nano.org/en/whitepaper | A Feeless Distributed Cryptocurrency network | |
| Neblio | https://nebl.io/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/NeblioWhitepaper.pdf | Next Generation Enterprise Blockahin Solutions | |
| NEM (permissioned blockchain) | https://nem.io/wp-content/themes/nem/files/NEM_techRef.pdf | NEM: Technical Reference | |
| NEO | http://docs.neo.org/en-us/whitepaper.html | A distributed network for the Smart Economy | |
| Nervos | https://github.com/NervosFoundation/binary/blob/master/whitepaper/nervos-ckb.pdf | Nervos CKB: A common knowledge base for blockchains and applications | |
| Newton | https://www.newtonproject.org/whitepaper/ | Newton: Infrastructure for the Community Economy | |
| Oasis Labs | https://arxiv.org/pdf/1804.05141.pdf%20 | Ekiden: Platform for Confidentiality-Preserving, Trustworthy, & Performant Smart Contract Execution | |
| Origo | https://origo.network/whitepaper | The Scalable Privacy Preserving Platform for Decentralized Applications | |
| Particl | https://github.com/particl/whitepaper/blob/master/decentralized-private-marketplace-draft-0.1.pdf | A Decentralized Private Marketplace | |
| Polkadot | https://polkadot.network/PolkaDotPaper.pdf | Polkadot: Vision for a Heterogenous multi-chain framework | |
| QTUM | https://qtum.org/user/pages/03.tech/01.white-papers/Qtum%20Whitepaper.pdf | Smart-Contract Value-Transfer Protocols on a Distributed Mobile Application Platform | |
| Quarkchain | https://quarkchain.io/QUARK%20CHAIN%20Public%20Version%200.3.5.pdf | A high-capacity peer-to-peer transactional system | |
| Radix Protocol | https://papers.radixdlt.com/tempo/latest/#abstract | Radix- Tempo | |
| RChain | https://media.readthedocs.org/pdf/rchain-architecture/stable/rchain-architecture.pdf | Rchain Architecture Documentation | |
| Skale Labs (layer 2) | |||
| Solana | https://solana.com/solana-whitepaper.pdf | Solana: A new architecture for a high performance blockchain | |
| Spacemesh | https://spacemesh.io/assets/built/whitepaper1.2.pdf | A fair, secure, decentralized and scalable cryptocurreny and smart contracts computer | |
| Stratis* | https://stratisplatform.com/files/Stratis_Whitepaper.pdf | Stratis Blockchain Solutions | |
| Telegram | https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ucUeKg_NiR8RxNAonb8Q55jZha03WC0O/view | ||
| Tezos | https://tezos.com/static/papers/position_paper.pdf | Tezos: A self-amending crypto-ledger position paper | |
| Thunder | https://docs.thundercore.com/thunder-whitepaper.pdf | The Thunder Protocol | |
| Tron | https://o836fhe91.qnssl.com/tron/whitebook/TronWhitepaper_en.pdf | Tron | |
| Ubiq* | https://blog.ubiqsmart.com/ubiq-in-one-page-3e3d335064fc | Ubiq in One Page | |
| VeChain | https://cdn.vechain.com/vechainthor_development_plan_and_whitepaper_en_v1.0.pdf | Devopment Plan and Whitepaper | |
| Wanchain | https://wanchain.org/files/Wanchain-Whitepaper-EN-version.pdf | Building Super Financial markets for the new digital economy | |
| Waves (non-turing complete SC) | https://blog.wavesplatform.com/waves-whitepaper-164dd6ca6a23 | Waves whitepaper | |
| Zilliqa | https://docs.zilliqa.com/whitepaper.pdf | The Zilliqa Technical Whitepaper |
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