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Key concepts
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This section describes the key concepts and features of the Corda platform. It is intended for readers who are new to
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Corda, and want to understand its architecture. It does not contain any code, and is suitable for non-developers.
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This section should be read in order:
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 1
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key-concepts-ecosystem
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key-concepts-ledger
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key-concepts-states
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key-concepts-contracts
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key-concepts-transactions
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key-concepts-flows
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key-concepts-consensus
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key-concepts-notaries
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key-concepts-time-windows
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key-concepts-oracles
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key-concepts-node
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key-concepts-tearoffs
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key-concepts-tradeoffs
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key-concepts-djvm
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The detailed thinking and rationale behind these concepts are presented in two white papers:
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* `Corda: An Introduction`_
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* `Corda: A Distributed Ledger`_ (A.K.A. the Technical White Paper)
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Explanations of the key concepts are also available as `videos <https://vimeo.com/album/4555732/>`_.
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.. _`Corda: An Introduction`: _static/corda-introductory-whitepaper.pdf
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.. _`Corda: A Distributed Ledger`: _static/corda-technical-whitepaper.pdf
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