Linera is a decentralized blockchain infrastructure designed for highly scalable,
secure, low-latency Web3 applications.
Documentation
Visit our developer page and read our
whitepaper to learn more about the Linera protocol.
Repository Structure
The main crates and directories of this repository can be summarized as follows: (listed
from low to high levels in the dependency graph)
linera-base Base
definitions, including cryptography.
linera-version
A library to manage version info in binaries and services.
linera-views A
library mapping complex data structures onto a key-value store. The corresponding
procedural macros are implemented in linera-views-derive.
linera-execution
Persistent data and the corresponding logic for runtime and execution of Linera
applications.
linera-chain
Persistent data and the corresponding logic for chains of blocks, certificates, and
cross-chain messaging.
linera-storage
Defines the storage abstractions for the protocol on top of linera-chain.
linera-core The
core Linera protocol, including client and server logic, node synchronization, etc.
linera-rpc
Defines the data-type for RPC messages (currently all client ↔ proxy ↔
chain ↔ chain interactions), and track the corresponding data schemas.
linera-client
Library for writing Linera clients. Used for the command-line
client and the node service in linera-service, as well as the Web
client in linera-web.
linera-service
Executable for clients (aka CLI wallets), proxy (aka validator frontend) and servers.
linera-sdk The
library to develop Linera applications written in Rust for the Wasm virtual machine. The
corresponding procedural macros are implemented in linera-sdk-derive.
examples Examples of Linera applications written in Rust.
Prerequisites
See INSTALL.md for software requirements to develop in this repo.
The following commands set up a local test network and run some transfers between the
microchains owned by a single wallet.
# Make sure to compile the Linera binaries and add them in the $PATH.
# cargo build -p linera-storage-service -p linera-service --bins
export PATH="$PWD/target/debug:$PATH"
# Import the optional helper function `linera_spawn`.
source /dev/stdin <<<"$(linera net helper 2>/dev/null)"
# Run a local test network with the default parameters and a number of microchains
# owned by the default wallet. This also defines `LINERA_TMP_DIR`.
linera_spawn \
linera net up --with-faucet --faucet-port 8080
# Remember the URL of the faucet.
FAUCET_URL=http://localhost:8080
# If you're using a testnet, start here and run this instead:
# LINERA_TMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
# FAUCET_URL=https://faucet.testnet-XXX.linera.net # for some value XXX
Enable logs for user applications:
export LINERA_APPLICATION_LOGS=true
Set the path of the future wallet:
export LINERA_WALLET="$LINERA_TMP_DIR/wallet.json"
export LINERA_KEYSTORE="$LINERA_TMP_DIR/keystore.json"
export LINERA_STORAGE="rocksdb:$LINERA_TMP_DIR/client.db"
# Initialize a new user wallet.
linera wallet init --faucet $FAUCET_URL
# Request chains.
INFO1=($(linera wallet request-chain --faucet $FAUCET_URL))
INFO2=($(linera wallet request-chain --faucet $FAUCET_URL))
CHAIN1="${INFO1[0]}"
ACCOUNT1="${INFO1[1]}"
CHAIN2="${INFO2[0]}"
ACCOUNT2="${INFO2[1]}"
# Show the different chains tracked by the wallet.
linera wallet show
# Query the chain balance of some of the chains.
linera query-balance "$CHAIN1"
linera query-balance "$CHAIN2"
# Transfer 10 units then 5 back.
linera transfer 10 --from "$CHAIN1" --to "$CHAIN2"
linera transfer 5 --from "$CHAIN2" --to "$CHAIN1"
# Query balances again.
linera query-balance "$CHAIN1"
linera query-balance "$CHAIN2"
# Now let's fund the user balances.
linera transfer 5 --from "$CHAIN1" --to "$ACCOUNT1@$CHAIN1"
linera transfer 2 --from "$ACCOUNT1@$CHAIN1" --to "$ACCOUNT2@$CHAIN2"
# Query user balances again.
linera query-balance "$ACCOUNT1@$CHAIN1"
linera query-balance "$ACCOUNT2@$CHAIN2"
More complex examples may be found in our developer manual as well
as the example applications in this repository.
Contributing
We welcome contributions from the community! If you'd like to contribute to the Linera protocol:
- Fork the repository
- Create a feature branch (
git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
- Commit your changes (
git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
- Push to the branch (
git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
- Open a Pull Request
For detailed guidelines, see our contribution guide.
Linera 是一个去中心化区块链基础设施，专为高度可扩展、安全、低延迟的 Web3 应用而打造。它采用微链架构，每个用户都可以拥有自己的链。