# White Papers and Spec

## Publications

* **Orbs Position Paper**\
  <https://www.orbs.com/white-papers/orbs-position-paper>\
  This is the original Orbs protocol white paper published in April 2018 which outlines the network's long term vision and core architecture.<br>
* **Orbs Technology Overview**\
  <https://www.orbs.com/white-papers/orbs-technology-overview-2>\
  This technical paper was published in May 2019 and provides an overview of all major technology aspects that make up the Orbs platform.<br>
* **Helix Consensus Paper**\
  <https://www.orbs.com/white-papers/helix-consensus-whitepaper>\
  An introduction to Helix, a decentralized, scalable and fair consensus algorithm created by the Orbs team and academics from the Technion - Israel institute of technology.<br>
* **More white papers**\
  [https://www.orbs.com/white-papers](https://www.orbs.com/white-papers/)\
  The full list of white papers, research papers and working papers published by the Orbs team since the project's beginning in 2017.

## Protocol Specification

* **Protocol Spec on GitHub**\
  <https://github.com/orbs-network/orbs-spec>\
  The Orbs platform protocol and service specifications, interfaces and network architecture.<br>
* **Orbs Token Contract**\
  <https://github.com/orbs-network/orbs-token>\
  The official Ethereum smart contracts for the Orbs platform token - ORBS.<br>
* **Orbs Staking Contract**\
  <https://github.com/orbs-network/orbs-staking-contract>\
  Orbs staking contracts on EVM used for Orbs Proof-of-Stake implementation.<br>
* **Orbs PoS Contracts v2**\
  <https://github.com/orbs-network/orbs-ethereum-contracts-v2>\
  Orbs Proof-of-Stake V2 EVM smart contract implementation and testkit.