01/THE NAME
Anatoly Yakovenko's early Proof of History paper was titled:
“Loom: A new architecture for a high performance blockchain”
The document identifies Anatoly with:
anatoly@loomprotocol.com
02/WHAT WAS A LOOM?
The Loom was the elected Proof of History generator.
It consumed user transactions, ordered them, produced the Proof of History sequence, and output state signatures.
The paper also called replication nodes “Spools.”
03/WHY DID IT CHANGE?
The founders moved away from Loom because another Ethereum-based project called Loom Network existed, creating naming confusion.
The replacement name became Solana, after Solana Beach in California.
THE LOOM WHITEPAPER
v0.8.5/Anatoly Yakovenko
DOCUMENT / PDF
Loom: A new architecture for a high performance blockchain
v0.8.5 — Anatoly Yakovenko
OPEN PDFDOCUMENT HIGHLIGHTS
LOOM
“Loom: A new architecture for a high performance blockchain”
PROOF OF HISTORY
“This paper proposes a Proof of History (PoH)”
SYSTEM DESIGN
“Loom generates a Proof of History.”
ARCHITECTURE
“The Loom is an elected Proof of History generator.”
ABOUT THE LOGO
LOOM name = confirmed.
Original LOOM logo = not found in the historical evidence collected here.
The images currently being circulated should not be described as the original Loom logo without primary historical proof.