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# Corda
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Corda is a decentralised database system in which nodes trust each other as little as possible.
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## Features
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* A P2P network of nodes
* Smart contracts
* Flow framework
* "Notary" infrastructure to validate uniqueness of transactions
* Written as a platform for distributed apps called CorDapps
* Written in [Kotlin ](https://kotlinlang.org ), targeting the JVM
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Read our full and planned feature list [here ](https://docs.corda.net/inthebox.html ).
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## Getting started
Firstly, read the [Getting started ](https://docs.corda.net/getting-set-up.html ) documentation.
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Watching the following webinars will give you a great introduction to Corda:
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### Webinar 1 –
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Richard Brown, R3 Chief Technology Officer, explains Corda's unique architecture, the only distributed ledger platform designed by and for the financial industry's unique requirements. You may want to read the [Corda non-technical whitepaper ](https://www.r3.com/s/corda-introductory-whitepaper-final.pdf ) as pre-reading for this session.
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### Webinar 2 – ’
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Roger Willis, R3 Developer Relations Lead, provides an overview of Corda from a developer’ Webinar 1 - Introduction to Corda ](https://vimeo.com/192757743/c2ec39c1e1 ) as preparation for this session. **NB. This was recorded for the M5 release.**
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## Building on Corda
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To build your own CorDapps:
1. Clone the [CorDapp Template repository ](https://github.com/corda/cordapp-template )
2. Read the [README ](https://github.com/corda/cordapp-template/blob/master/README.md ) (**IMPORTANT!**)
3. Read the [Writing a CorDapp ](https://docs.corda.net/tutorial-cordapp.html ) documentation
To look at the Corda source and run some sample applications:
1. Clone this repository
2. To run some sample CorDapps, read the [running the demos documentation ](https://docs.corda.r3cev.com/running-the-demos.html )
3. Start hacking and [contribute ](./CONTRIBUTING.md )!
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## Useful links
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* [Project website ](https://corda.net )
* [Documentation ](https://docs.corda.net )
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* [Slack channel] (https://slack.corda.net/)
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* [Forum ](https://discourse.corda.net )
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## Development State
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Corda is currently in very early development and should not be used in production systems. Breaking
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changes will happen on minor versions until 1.0. Experimentation with Corda is recommended.
Pull requests, experiments, and contributions are encouraged and welcomed.
## Background
The project is supported by R3, a financial industry consortium, which is why it
contains some code for financial use cases and why the documentation focuses on finance. The goal is to use it
to construct a global ledger, simplifying finance and reducing the overheads of banking. But it is run as
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an open source project and the basic technology of a peer-to-peer decentralised database may be useful
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for many different projects.
## Contributing
Please read [here ](./CONTRIBUTING.md ).
## License
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[Apache 2.0 ](./LICENCE )
