giliamverheide / mina

Mina is a new cryptocurrency with a constant size blockchain, improving scaling while maintaining decentralization and security.

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Mina is the first cryptocurrency with a lightweight, constant-sized blockchain. This is the main source code repository for the Mina project. It contains code for the OCaml protocol implementation, website, and wallet. Enjoy!

Notes

• Mina is still under active development, and APIs are still evolving. If you do build upon the APIs, be aware that breaking changes may occur.
• There is a live testnet of the Mina protocol currently running - sign up here to join the testnet.

What is Mina?

Mina Walkthrough

• Overview of Mina
• Getting Started
• My First Transaction
• Become a Node Operator

Technical Papers

• Mina Whitepaper

Blog

• Mina Protocol Blog

Contributing

Read the Contributing Guide for information on how to make both technical and non-technical contributions.

Developers

The Developer docs contain all the information needed to begin contributing code to Mina, and using Mina APIs to build applications.

Quick Links:

• Developer readme
• Running a demo node
• Directory structure
• Lifecycle of a payment

Community

• Join the public Discord server! Please come by if you need help or have any questions.
• Get the latest updates by signing up for the Mina newsletter.

License

This repository is distributed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license, available in the LICENSE file and online at https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0. Commits older than 2018-10-03 do not have a LICENSE file or this notice, but are distributed under the same terms.