# Where is the Ouroboros Praos Genesis paper?

**URL:** <https://forum.cardano.org/t/where-is-the-ouroboros-praos-genesis-paper/11033>\
**Category:** Developers\
**Created:** [25 April 2018 21:23 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/where-is-the-ouroboros-praos-genesis-paper/11033 "2018-04-25T21:23:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![justin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ab097/32.png) [@justin](https://forum.cardano.org/u/justin)\
**Post date:** [25 April 2018 21:23 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/where-is-the-ouroboros-praos-genesis-paper/11033/1 "2018-04-25T21:23:34Z")

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Charles [announced](https://twitter.com/IOHK_Charles/status/989224665909465089) Ouroboros Praos Genesis would be available today or tomorrow? Where can I find the paper once it is published?

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**Author:** ![vantuz-subhuman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/vantuz-subhuman/32/3976_2.png) [@vantuz-subhuman](https://forum.cardano.org/u/vantuz-subhuman)\
**Post date:** [25 April 2018 21:28 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/where-is-the-ouroboros-praos-genesis-paper/11033/2 "2018-04-25T21:28:10Z")

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> [@justin](#):
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> Where can I find the paper once it is published?

> **[Research papers - IOHK Research](https://iohk.io/research/library/)**
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> Research papers - IOHK Research

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**Author:** ![justin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ab097/32.png) [@justin](https://forum.cardano.org/u/justin)\
**Post date:** [26 April 2018 06:03 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/where-is-the-ouroboros-praos-genesis-paper/11033/3 "2018-04-26T06:03:34Z")

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Tomorrow has arrived 🙂 Charles made an announcement but still now link to the paper.

> <https://twitter.com/IOHK_Charles/status/989355499878473728>

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**Author:** ![\_ilap](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/_ilap/32/80886_2.png) [@\_ilap](https://forum.cardano.org/u/_ilap)\
**Post date:** [26 April 2018 06:51 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/where-is-the-ouroboros-praos-genesis-paper/11033/4 "2018-04-26T06:51:26Z")

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Also, nothing has appeared on eprint, I reckon they need some time to process it.

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**Author:** ![vantuz-subhuman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/vantuz-subhuman/32/3976_2.png) [@vantuz-subhuman](https://forum.cardano.org/u/vantuz-subhuman)\
**Post date:** [26 April 2018 16:24 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/where-is-the-ouroboros-praos-genesis-paper/11033/5 "2018-04-26T16:24:35Z")

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> [@IOHK Statement: Ouroboros Genesis - New research for Cardano](https://forum.cardano.org/t/iohk-statement-ouroboros-genesis-new-research-for-cardano/11074):
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> We’re very proud to announce Ouroboros Genesis, a new paper from the IOHK research team. This latest version of Ouroboros, the algorithm powering Cardano, is a step forward in the cryptography that powers cryptocurrency systems. For the first time, new users joining the blockchain can bootstrap from the genesis block, and do not need a checkpoint block or any prior knowledge of the number of users active in the system. This feature was previously not possible in proof of stake distributed ledg…