> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://hypatia-ai.gitbook.io/hypatia-protocol/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://hypatia-ai.gitbook.io/hypatia-protocol/references/proof-of-storage.md).

# Proof of Storage

1. "Blockchain-based distributed storage systems" by X. Wang and K. Ren, IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 116-122, 2017
2. "A survey of blockchain security issues and challenges" by X. Wang, K. Ren, W. Lou and Y. Liang, IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 2322-2358, 2017
3. "Blockchain-based data storage: A survey" by Y. Li, X. Li, and X. Shen, IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 90957-90975, 2020
4. "A survey of consensus mechanisms in blockchain systems" by M. Ali, A. Mehmood, and M. Imran, IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 122728-122746, 2020
5. "Proof-of-Space: A New Paradigm for Distributed Data Storage" by D. Pinckney, IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 853-865, 2018
6. "Proof-of-Space-Time: A New Paradigm for Distributed Data Storage" by D. Pinckney, IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 710-724, 2020
7. "A hybrid consensus mechanism for blockchain systems" by X. Liu, Y. Li, and X. Li, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, vol. 16, no. 7, pp. 4697-4705, 2020
8. "Blockchain-based data storage: A survey" by Y. Li, X. Li, and X. Shen, IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 90957-90975, 2020
9. "An overview of blockchain-based distributed storage systems" by X. Wang, K. Ren, and W. Lou, IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 56, no. 2, pp. 128-134, 2018
10. "A survey of blockchain-based solutions for secure data sharing in distributed systems" by A. Mehmood, M. Ali, and M. Imran, IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 184830-184846, 2020


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