Documentation Index
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Papers & Publications
Core Protocol Papers
Kleros White Paper (2018)The original protocol design paper describing the core Kleros mechanism, juror selection, and incentive system.
Read the White Paper → Kleros Yellow Paper (2021)
The comprehensive formal specification of Kleros V2, covering court trees, modular dispute kits, cross-chain architecture, voting systems, incentive mechanisms, and attack resistance analysis.
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Peer-Reviewed Publications by Kleros Researchers
“Decentralized justice: state of the art, Recurring Criticisms and Next Generation Research Topics”Frontiers in Blockchain A comprehensive survey of the decentralized justice field, reviewing third-party research and identifying future research directions. “An Analysis of Griefs and Griefing Factors”: William George
Frontiers in Blockchain, vol. 6 (2023) Examines how griefing (a concept from Vitalik Buterin measuring sabotage effectiveness) can alter system equilibria and the resilience of the Kleros protocol to such attacks. “Strategic Behaviour and Manipulation Resistance in Peer-to-Peer, Crowdsourced Information Gathering”: William George
Mathematical Social Sciences, vol. 124 (2023) Explores the constraints of Schelling-point systems in non-binary outcomes and possible trade-offs between voting and incentive mechanisms. “When Online Dispute Resolution Meets Blockchain: The Birth of Decentralized Justice”
Stanford Journal on Blockchain Law & Policy Explores the intersection of traditional ODR and blockchain-based dispute resolution. “A Smart Contract Oracle for Approximating Real-World, Real Number Values”
International Conference on Blockchain Economics, Security and Protocols Research on oracle mechanisms relevant to dispute resolution. “An Analysis of p+ε Attacks on Various Models of Schelling Game Based Systems”
Cryptoeconomic Systems Analysis of bribery attacks against Schelling-point mechanisms.
Book
“Dispute Revolution: The Kleros Handbook of Decentralized Justice” (2019)A compilation of research in computer science, cryptoeconomics, law, and business, covering the theory and practice of decentralized dispute resolution.
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Third-Party Academic Publications Referencing Kleros
Kleros has been referenced in numerous academic publications across law reviews, computer science journals, and blockchain research venues. The following is a selection not an exhaustive list.
- “The Governance of Blockchain Dispute Resolution”: Allen, Lane & Poblet, Harvard Negotiation Law Review, vol. 25
- “Blockchain and the Inevitability of Disputes: The Role for Online Dispute Resolution”: Orna Rabinovich & Ethan Katsch, Journal of Dispute Resolution (2019)
- “The Current Landscape of Blockchain-Based, Crowdsourced Arbitration”: James Metzger, Macquarie Law Journal (2019)
- “Kleros: A Socio-Legal Case Study”: Bergolla et al., Ohio State Journal on Dispute Resolution
- “Applying blockchain to the modern legal system: Kleros as a decentralised dispute resolution system” International Cybersecurity Law Review, Springer (2023)