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Explore the technical and economic concepts behind the Diem Payment Network.

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

Read our Contributing guide. Read the latest updates on our blog.

Getting started

Explore the basics of the Diem Blockchain

• Welcome
• Transactions and States
• Life of a Transaction

Use the Diem reference projects

• Diem Reference Wallet
• Diem Reference Merchant Store

Read technical papers

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

Community

Join us on the Diem Discourse.

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License

Diem Core is licensed as Apache 2.0

Docs Directory

The docs directory contains the source files for Diem's Docusaurus documentation.