diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 807b9531c..5fba296cc 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ # Tendermint -Simple, Secure, Scalable Blockchain Platform + +[Byzantine-Fault Tolerant](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_fault_tolerance) +[State Machine Replication](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_machine_replication). +Or [Blockchain](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockchain_(database)) for short. [![version](https://img.shields.io/github/tag/tendermint/tendermint.svg)](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/releases/latest) [![API Reference]( @@ -16,37 +19,44 @@ master | [![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/tendermint/tendermint/tree/mast _NOTE: This is yet pre-alpha non-production-quality software._ Tendermint Core is Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) middleware that takes a state transition machine, written in any programming language, -and replicates it on many machines. -See the [application developers guide](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/wiki/Application-Developers) to get started. +and securely replicates it on many machines. -## Contributing +For more background, see the [introduction](https://tendermint.com/intro). -Yay open source! Please see our [contributing guidelines](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/wiki/Contributing). - -## Resources - -### Tendermint Core - -- [Introduction](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/wiki/Introduction) -- [Validators](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/wiki/Validators) -- [Byzantine Consensus Algorithm](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/wiki/Byzantine-Consensus-Algorithm) -- [Block Structure](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/wiki/Block-Structure) -- [RPC](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/wiki/RPC) -- [Genesis](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/wiki/Genesis) -- [Configuration](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/wiki/Configuration) -- [Light Client Protocol](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/wiki/Light-Client-Protocol) -- [Roadmap for V2](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/wiki/Roadmap-for-V2) - -### Sub-projects - -* [TMSP](http://github.com/tendermint/tmsp) -* [Mintnet](http://github.com/tendermint/mintnet) -* [Go-Wire](http://github.com/tendermint/go-wire) -* [Go-P2P](http://github.com/tendermint/go-p2p) -* [Go-Merkle](http://github.com/tendermint/go-merkle) +To get started developing applications, see the [application developers guide](https://tendermint.com/docs/guides/app-development). ## Install `go get -u github.com/tendermint/tendermint/cmd/tendermint` -For more details, see the [install guide](https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/wiki/Installation). +For more details (or if it fails), see the [install guide](https://tendermint.com/intro/getting-started/install). + +## Contributing + +Yay open source! Please see our [contributing guidelines](https://tendermint.com/guides/contributing). + +## Resources + +### Tendermint Core + +- [Introduction](https://tendermint.com/intro) +- [Docs](https://tendermint.com/docs) +- [Software using Tendermint](https://tendermint.com/ecosystem) + +### Sub-projects + +* [TMSP](http://github.com/tendermint/tmsp) +* [Ethermint](http://github.com/tendermint/ethermint) +* [Basecoin](http://github.com/tendermint/basecoin) +* [Mintnet](http://github.com/tendermint/mintnet) +* [Go-Wire](http://github.com/tendermint/go-wire) +* [Go-P2P](http://github.com/tendermint/go-p2p) +* [Go-Merkle](http://github.com/tendermint/go-merkle) + +### More + +* [Tendermint Blog](https://tendermint.com/blog) +* [Cosmos Blog](https://cosmos.network/blog) +* [Original Whitepaper (out-of-date)](http://www.the-blockchain.com/docs/Tendermint%20Consensus%20without%20Mining.pdf) +* [Master's Thesis on Tendermint](https://atrium.lib.uoguelph.ca/xmlui/handle/10214/9769) +