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.. Tezos documentation master file, created by
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sphinx-quickstart on Sat Nov 11 11:08:48 2017.
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You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
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contain the root `toctree` directive.
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Welcome to the Tezos Developer Documentation!
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=============================================
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The Project
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Tezos is a distributed consensus platform with meta-consensus
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capability. Tezos not only comes to consensus about the state of its ledger,
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like Bitcoin or Ethereum. It also attempts to come to consensus about how the
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protocol and the nodes should adapt and upgrade.
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- Developer documentation is available online at https://tezos.gitlab.io/master
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The documentation is automatically generated for the master branch and the
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three official network branches `betanet <https://tezos.gitlab.io/betanet>`_,
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`alphanet <https://tezos.gitlab.io/alphanet>`_,
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`zeronet <https://tezos.gitlab.io/zeronet>`_. Make sure you are
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consulting the right API version.
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- The website https://tezos.com/ contains more information about the project.
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- All development happens on GitLab at https://gitlab.com/tezos/tezos
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The source code of Tezos is placed under the MIT Open Source License.
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The Community
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- Several community built block explorers are available:
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- http://tzscan.io
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- https://tezos.id
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- https://tezex.info
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- A few community run websites collect useful Tezos links:
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- https://www.tezos.help
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- https://tezos.rocks
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- There is a matrix channel *Tezos* that you can join `here <https://riot.im/app/#/room/#tezos:matrix.org>`_.
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- There is a sub-reddit at https://www.reddit.com/r/tezos/
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- There is also a community FAQ at https://github.com/tezoscommunity/faq/wiki/Tezos-Technical-FAQ
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- There is a *#tezos* IRC channel on *freenode* that is reserved for technical discussions
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The Networks
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.. _betanet:
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Betanet
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The Tezos Beta (experimental) network is the current incarnation of
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the Tezos blockchain.
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It runs with real tez that have been allocated to the
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donors of July 2017 ICO (see :ref:`activate_fundraiser_account`).
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It is the step before the full Tezos mainnet, with a `few caveats
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<https://tezosfoundation.ch/news/tezos-betanet-expectations>`_.
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The Tezos Beta (experimental) network has been live and open since
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`June 30th 2018 <https://tezosfoundation.ch/news/tezos-betanet-launch>`_.
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All the instructions in this documentation are valid for Betanet
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however we **strongly** encourage users to first try all the
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introduction tutorials on Alphanet to familiarize themselves without
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risks.
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.. _alphanet:
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Alphanet
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Tezos Alphanet is a test network for the Tezos blockchain with a
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faucet to obtain free tez (see :ref:`faucet`).
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It is updated and rebooted rarely and it is running the same code as
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the Betanet.
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It is the reference network for developers wanting to test their
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software before going to beta and for users who want to familiarize
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themselves with Tezos before using their real tez.
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We offer support for Alphanet on IRC.
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The Tezos Alpha (test) network has been live and open since February 2017.
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.. _zeronet:
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Zeronet
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Zeronet is the most cutting-edge development network of Tezos. It is
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restarted without notice, possibly several times a day.
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This network is mostly used internally by the Tezos developers and may
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have *different constants* that Alphanet or Betanet, for example it
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has shorter cycles and a shorter interval between blocks.
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We offer no support for the Zeronet.
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Getting started
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---------------
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The best place to start exploring the project is following the How Tos
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in the :ref:`introduction <howtoget>`.
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 2
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:caption: Introduction:
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introduction/howtoget
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introduction/howtouse
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introduction/howtorun
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introduction/various
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introduction/contributing
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 2
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:caption: White doc:
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whitedoc/the_big_picture
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whitedoc/p2p
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whitedoc/validation
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whitedoc/michelson
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whitedoc/proof_of_stake
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 2
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:caption: Developer Tutorials:
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tutorials/rpc
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tutorials/data_encoding
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tutorials/error_monad
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tutorials/michelson_anti_patterns
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tutorials/entering_alpha
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tutorials/protocol_environment
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tutorials/profiling
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 2
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:caption: APIs:
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README
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api/api-inline
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api/cli-commands
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api/rpc
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api/errors
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Indices and tables
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==================
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* :ref:`genindex`
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* :ref:`modindex`
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* :ref:`search`
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