Kaspad

Warning: This is pre-alpha software. There's no guarantee anything works.

Kaspad is the reference full node Kaspa implementation written in Go (golang).

This project is currently under active development and is in a pre-Alpha state. Some things still don't work and APIs are far from finalized. The code is provided for reference only.

Requirements

Latest version of Go (currently 1.13).

Installation

Build from Source

• Install Go according to the installation instructions here: http://golang.org/doc/install

• Ensure Go was installed properly and is a supported version:

$ go version
$ go env GOROOT GOPATH

NOTE: The GOROOT and GOPATH above must not be the same path. It is recommended that GOPATH is set to a directory in your home directory such as ~/dev/go to avoid write permission issues. It is also recommended to add $GOPATH/bin to your PATH at this point.

• Run the following commands to obtain and install kaspad including all dependencies:

$ git clone https://github.com/kaspanet/kaspad $GOPATH/src/github.com/kaspanet/kaspad
$ cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/kaspanet/kaspad
$ ./test.sh
$ go install . ./cmd/...

./test.sh tests can be skipped, but some things might not run correctly on your system if tests fail.

• Kaspad (and utilities) should now be installed in $GOPATH/bin. If you did not already add the bin directory to your system path during Go installation, you are encouraged to do so now.

Getting Started

Kaspad has several configuration options available to tweak how it runs, but all of the basic operations work with zero configuration.

Linux/BSD/POSIX/Source

$ ./kaspad

Discord

Join our discord server using the following link: https://discord.gg/WmGhhzk

Issue Tracker

The integrated github issue tracker is used for this project.

Documentation

The documentation is a work-in-progress. It is located in the docs folder.

License

Kaspad is licensed under the copyfree ISC License.