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Coda: Decentralized Cryptocurrency at Scale

The Coda paper, later the Mina protocol: a chain whose certificate is a constant-size succinct proof, so a client can check the state without replaying history. The project renamed from Coda to Mina. The paper keeps the original name.

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Authors: Joseph Bonneau, Izaak Meckler, Vanishree Rao, Evan Shapiro
Date: 2020
Publisher: Joseph Bonneau, Izaak Meckler, Vanishree Rao, Evan Shapiro
Version: Source cited by the 2020 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0021
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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Canonical readingMina study
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Bonneau, J., Meckler, I., Rao, V., & Shapiro, E. (2020). Coda: Decentralized Cryptocurrency at Scale. Joseph Bonneau, Izaak Meckler, Vanishree Rao, Evan Shapiro. https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/352.pdf

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@techreport{mina2020,
  title = {Coda: Decentralized Cryptocurrency at Scale},
  author = {Joseph Bonneau, Izaak Meckler, Vanishree Rao, Evan Shapiro},
  year = {2020},
  institution = {Joseph Bonneau, Izaak Meckler, Vanishree Rao, Evan Shapiro},
  url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/352.pdf},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/mina}
}

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AU  - Joseph Bonneau
AU  - Izaak Meckler
AU  - Vanishree Rao
AU  - Evan Shapiro
PY  - 2020
PB  - Joseph Bonneau, Izaak Meckler, Vanishree Rao, Evan Shapiro
UR  - https://eprint.iacr.org/2020/352.pdf
N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
ER  -

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