Note to readers: Silvergate Capital Corporation announced in January 2022 that it acquired intellectual property and other technology assets related to running a blockchain-based payment network from Diem, further investing in its platform and enhancing its existing stablecoin infrastructure.
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Diem Core implements a decentralized, programmable database which provides a financial infrastructure that can empower billions of people.
- Diem Core is a prototype.
- The APIs are constantly evolving and designed to demonstrate types of functionality. Expect substantial changes before the release.
- We’ve launched a testnet that is a live demonstration of an early prototype of the Diem Blockchain software.
- The Diem Blockchain
- Move: A Language With Programmable Resources
- State Machine Replication in the Diem Blockchain
Diem Core is licensed as Apache 2.0.