This document defines the æternity protocol. It replaces the outdated whitepaper from 2017.

Any specification living in here is to be understood as a work in progress until the feature freeze for the mainnet launch. After the feature freeze amendments or changes to these specifications should only be done via the governance mechanisms.

• Threat Model

• 2017 Whitepaper - The original whitepaper.
  • https://github.com/aeternity/whitepaper
• 2020 Whitepaper - Draft that reflects the current state.
  • https://github.com/aeternity/white-paper