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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. This reference
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implementation is not yet complete or offering backwards compatibility, but should be suitable for small experiments
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and exploration of the underlying ideas.
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Pull requests are appreciated. You can chat to the team on our forums and on our Slack.
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It runs on the JVM and is mostly written in Kotlin.
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### **[Project website](https://corda.net)**
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### **[Documentation](https://docs.corda.net)**
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The project is supported by R3, a financial industry consortium, which is why it
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contains some code for financial use cases and why the documentation focuses on finance. The goal is to use it
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to construct a global ledger, thus simplifying finance and reducing the overheads of banking. But it is run as
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a typical 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. We'd love to hear about any interesting experiments you do with it!
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# Getting started
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Corda consists of node software that takes part in a network, libraries you can use to develop apps for the platform,
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a client library that lets you interact with the node via RPC, and some samples showing how it all works.
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To install:
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1. Make sure you have Oracle JDK 8 available (OpenJDK 8 support is coming).
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2. Run `./gradlew install` to download all the dependencies (including the build tools), compile the code and
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install the core libraries into your local Maven repository (under `~/.m2`)
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To run some demo nodes that swap cash around between themselves:
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1. `./gradlew tools:explorer:runDemoNodes`
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2. You can find a node now running on port 20002
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To run an explorer app that lets you connect to a node and explore what it's doing, try `./gradlew tools:explorer:run`.
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The explorer also lets you send and receive cash.
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Now [go read the documentation](https://docs.corda.net).
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# Getting involved
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* [Forums](https://not.here.yet)
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* [Chat](https://cordaledger.slack.com)
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# License
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Apache 2.0 |