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.

• 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.

• 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.

• More 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.

• Orbs Token Contract https://github.com/orbs-network/orbs-token The official Ethereum smart contracts for the Orbs platform token - ORBS.

• Orbs Staking Contract https://github.com/orbs-network/orbs-staking-contract Orbs staking contracts on EVM used for Orbs Proof-of-Stake implementation.

• Orbs PoS Contracts v2 https://github.com/orbs-network/orbs-ethereum-contracts-v2 Orbs Proof-of-Stake V2 EVM smart contract implementation and testkit.