UNC's purpose is to enable community-driven innovation to benefit people around the world.
To achieve this purpose, UNC provides a developer platform where developers and entrepreneurs can create apps that put users back in control of their data and assets, which is the foundation of "Open Web" movement.
One of the components of UNC is the UNC Protocol, an infrastructure for server-less applications and smart contracts powered by a blockchain. UNC Protocol is built to deliver usability and scalability of modern PaaS like Firebase at fraction of the prices that blockchains like Ethereum charge.
Overall, UNC provides a wide range of tools for developers to easily build applications:
- JS Client library to connect to UNC Protocol from your applications.
- Rust and JavaScript/TypeScript SDKs to write smart contracts and stateful server-less functions.
- Numerous examples with links to hack on them right inside your browser.
- Lots of documentation, with Tutorials and API docs.
The easiest way to join the network, is by using the make release command, which you can install as follows:
# testnet node init
./target/release/uncd --home ~/.unc init --chain-id testnet --download-genesis --download-config
# download snapshot data （optional）
## install rclone
```sh
# Mac
$ brew install rclone
# Linux
$ sudo apt install rclone
$ mkdir -p ~/.config/rclone
$ touch ~/.config/rclone/rclone.conf
## rclone config
[unc_aws]
type = s3
provider = AWS
download_url = https://unc-oss.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com
region = us-west-1
acl = public-read
server_side_encryption = AES256
storage_class = STANDARD
## download data
$ rclone copy --no-check-certificate unc_aws:unc-oss/latest ./
$ latest=$(cat latest)
$ rclone copy --no-check-certificate --progress --transfers=6 unc_aws:unc-oss/${latest:?} ~/.unc/data
# node run
$ ./target/release/uncd --home ~/.unc run
To learn how to become validator, checkout documentation.
The workflow and details of setup to contribute are described in CONTRIBUTING.md, and security policy is described in SECURITY.md. To propose new protocol changes or standards use Specification & Standards repository.