- # Tendermint
-
- [Byzantine-Fault Tolerant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_fault_tolerance)
- [State Machines](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_machine_replication).
- Or [Blockchain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain_(database)), for short.
-
- [](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/releases/latest)
- [](https://godoc.org/github.com/tendermint/tendermint)
- [](https://github.com/moovweb/gvm)
- [](https://riot.im/app/#/room/#tendermint:matrix.org)
- [](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/master/LICENSE)
- [](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint)
-
-
- Branch | Tests | Coverage
- ----------|-------|----------
- master | [](https://circleci.com/gh/tendermint/tendermint/tree/master) | [](https://codecov.io/gh/tendermint/tendermint)
- develop | [](https://circleci.com/gh/tendermint/tendermint/tree/develop) | [](https://codecov.io/gh/tendermint/tendermint)
-
- Tendermint Core is Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) middleware that takes a state transition machine - written in any programming language -
- and securely replicates it on many machines.
-
- For protocol details, see [the specification](/docs/spec).
-
- For detailed analysis of the consensus protocol, including safety and liveness proofs,
- see our recent paper, "[The latest gossip on BFT consensus](https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.04938)".
-
- ## A Note on Production Readiness
-
- While Tendermint is being used in production in private, permissioned
- environments, we are still working actively to harden and audit it in preparation
- for use in public blockchains, such as the [Cosmos Network](https://cosmos.network/).
- We are also still making breaking changes to the protocol and the APIs.
- Thus, we tag the releases as *alpha software*.
-
- In any case, if you intend to run Tendermint in production,
- please [contact us](mailto:partners@tendermint.com) and [join the chat](https://riot.im/app/#/room/#tendermint:matrix.org).
-
- ## Security
-
- To report a security vulnerability, see our [bug bounty
- program](https://hackerone.com/tendermint)
-
- For examples of the kinds of bugs we're looking for, see [SECURITY.md](SECURITY.md)
-
- ## Minimum requirements
-
- Requirement|Notes
- ---|---
- Go version | Go1.11.4 or higher
-
- ## Documentation
-
- Complete documentation can be found on the [website](https://tendermint.com/docs/).
-
- ### Install
-
- See the [install instructions](/docs/introduction/install.md)
-
- ### Quick Start
-
- - [Single node](/docs/introduction/quick-start.md)
- - [Local cluster using docker-compose](/docs/networks/docker-compose.md)
- - [Remote cluster using terraform and ansible](/docs/networks/terraform-and-ansible.md)
- - [Join the Cosmos testnet](https://cosmos.network/testnet)
-
- ## Contributing
-
- Please abide by the [Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) in all interactions,
- and the [contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md) when submitting code.
-
- Join the larger community on the [forum](https://forum.cosmos.network/) and the [chat](https://riot.im/app/#/room/#tendermint:matrix.org).
-
- To learn more about the structure of the software, watch the [Developer
- Sessions](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdQIb0qr3pnBbG5ZG-0gr3zM86_s8Rpqv)
- and read some [Architectural
- Decision Records](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/tree/master/docs/architecture).
-
- Learn more by reading the code and comparing it to the
- [specification](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/tree/develop/docs/spec).
-
- ## Versioning
-
- ### Semantic Versioning
-
- Tendermint uses [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/) to determine when and how the version changes.
- According to SemVer, anything in the public API can change at any time before version 1.0.0
-
- To provide some stability to Tendermint users in these 0.X.X days, the MINOR version is used
- to signal breaking changes across a subset of the total public API. This subset includes all
- interfaces exposed to other processes (cli, rpc, p2p, etc.), but does not
- include the in-process Go APIs.
-
- That said, breaking changes in the following packages will be documented in the
- CHANGELOG even if they don't lead to MINOR version bumps:
-
- - crypto
- - types
- - rpc/client
- - config
- - node
- - libs
- - bech32
- - common
- - db
- - errors
- - log
-
- Exported objects in these packages that are not covered by the versioning scheme
- are explicitly marked by `// UNSTABLE` in their go doc comment and may change at any
- time without notice. Functions, types, and values in any other package may also change at any time.
-
- ### Upgrades
-
- In an effort to avoid accumulating technical debt prior to 1.0.0,
- we do not guarantee that breaking changes (ie. bumps in the MINOR version)
- will work with existing tendermint blockchains. In these cases you will
- have to start a new blockchain, or write something custom to get the old
- data into the new chain.
-
- However, any bump in the PATCH version should be compatible with existing histories
- (if not please open an [issue](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/issues)).
-
- For more information on upgrading, see [UPGRADING.md](./UPGRADING.md)
-
- ## Resources
-
- ### Tendermint Core
-
- For details about the blockchain data structures and the p2p protocols, see the
- [Tendermint specification](/docs/spec).
-
- For details on using the software, see the [documentation](/docs/) which is also
- hosted at: https://tendermint.com/docs/
-
- ### Tools
-
- Benchmarking and monitoring is provided by `tm-bench` and `tm-monitor`, respectively.
- Their code is found [here](/tools) and these binaries need to be built seperately.
- Additional documentation is found [here](/docs/tools).
-
- ### Sub-projects
-
- * [Amino](http://github.com/tendermint/go-amino), reflection-based proto3, with
- interfaces
- * [IAVL](http://github.com/tendermint/iavl), Merkleized IAVL+ Tree implementation
-
- ### Applications
-
- * [Cosmos SDK](http://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk); a cryptocurrency application framework
- * [Ethermint](http://github.com/cosmos/ethermint); Ethereum on Tendermint
- * [Many more](https://tendermint.com/ecosystem)
-
- ### Research
-
- * [The latest gossip on BFT consensus](https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.04938)
- * [Master's Thesis on Tendermint](https://atrium.lib.uoguelph.ca/xmlui/handle/10214/9769)
- * [Original Whitepaper](https://tendermint.com/static/docs/tendermint.pdf)
- * [Blog](https://blog.cosmos.network/tendermint/home)
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