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Welcome to Corda !
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`Corda <https://www.corda.net/>`_ is a blockchain-inspired open source distributed ledger platform. If youd like a
quick introduction to distributed ledgers and how Corda is different, then watch this short video:
2016-08-11 12:57:41 +00:00
.. raw:: html
<embed>
<iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/205410473" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>
</embed>
Want to see Corda running? Download our demonstration application `DemoBench <https://www.corda.net/downloads/>`_ or
follow our :doc:`quickstart guide </quickstart-index>`.
If you want to start coding on Corda, then familiarise yourself with the :doc:`key concepts </key-concepts>`, then read
our :doc:`Hello, World! tutorial </hello-world-introduction>`. For the background behind Corda, read the non-technical
`introductory white paper`_ or for more detail, the `technical white paper`_.
If you have questions or comments, then get in touch on `Slack <https://slack.corda.net/>`_ or write a question on
`Stack Overflow <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/corda>`_ .
We look forward to seeing what you can do with Corda!
.. note:: You can read this site offline. Either `download the PDF`_ or download the Corda source code, run ``gradle buildDocs`` and you will have
a copy of this site in the ``docs/build/html`` directory.
.. _`introductory white paper`: _static/corda-introductory-whitepaper.pdf
.. _`technical white paper`: _static/corda-technical-whitepaper.pdf
.. _`download the PDF`: _static/corda-developer-site.pdf
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
quickstart-index.rst
key-concepts.rst
building-a-cordapp-index.rst
corda-nodes-index.rst
corda-networks-index.rst
tutorials-index.rst
tools-index.rst
node-internals-index.rst
component-library-index.rst
contributing-index.rst
release-process-index.rst
faq.rst
troubleshooting.rst
other-index.rst
glossary.rst