README.md

Note to readers: On December 1, 2020, the Diem Association was renamed to Diem Association. The project repos are in the process of being migrated. All projects will remain available for use here until the migration to a new GitHub Organization is complete.

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Diem Core implements a decentralized, programmable database which provides a financial infrastructure that can empower billions of people.

Note to Developers

• 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.

Contributing

To begin contributing, sign the CLA. You can learn more about contributing to the Diem project by reading our Contribution Guide and by viewing our Code of Conduct.

Getting Started

Learn About Diem

• Welcome
• Diem Protocol: Key Concepts
• Life of a Transaction
• JSON-RPC SPEC

Try Diem Core

• My First Transaction
• Getting Started With Move

Technical Papers

• The Diem Blockchain
• Move: A Language With Programmable Resources
• State Machine Replication in the Diem Blockchain

Blog

• Diem: The Path Forward

Diem Codebase

• Diem Core Overview
• Admission Control
• Bytecode Verifier
• Consensus
• Crypto
• Execution
• Mempool
• Move IR Compiler
• Move Language
• Network
• Storage
• Virtual Machine

Community

• Join us on the Diem Discourse.
• Ask a question on Stack Overflow.
• Get the latest updates to our project by signing up for our newsletter.

License

Diem Core is licensed as Apache 2.0.