Official golang implementation of the Kaia blockchain. Please visit our Docs for more details on Kaia design, node operation guides and application development resources.
Building the Kaia node binaries as well as utility tools, such as kcn, kpn, ken, kbn, kscn, kspn, ksen, kgen, homi and abigen requires
both a Go and a C compiler. You can install them using your favorite package manager. Once the dependencies are installed, run
make all (or make {kcn, kpn, ken, kbn, kscn, kspn, ksen, kgen, homi, abigen})
After successful build, executable binaries are installed at build/bin/.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
kcn |
The CLI client for Kaia Consensus Node. Run kcn --help for command-line flags. |
kpn |
The CLI client for Kaia Proxy Node. Run kpn --help for command-line flags. |
ken |
The CLI client for Kaia Endpoint Node, which is the entry point into the Kaia network (main-, test- or private net). It can be used by other processes as a gateway into the Kaia network via JSON RPC endpoints exposed on top of HTTP, WebSocket, gRPC, and/or IPC transports. Run ken --help for command-line flags. |
kscn |
The CLI client for Kaia ServiceChain Consensus Node. Run kscn --help for command-line flags. |
kspn |
The CLI client for Kaia ServiceChain Proxy Node. Run kspn --help for command-line flags. |
ksen |
The CLI client for Kaia ServiceChain Endpoint Node. Run ksen --help for command-line flags. |
kbn |
The CLI client for Kaia Bootnode. Run kbn --help for command-line flags. |
kgen |
The CLI client for Kaia Nodekey Generation Tool. Run kgen --help for command-line flags. |
homi |
The CLI client for Kaia Helper Tool to generate initialization files. Run homi --help for command-line flags. |
abigen |
Source code generator to convert Kaia contract definitions into easy to use, compile-time type-safe Go packages. |
Both kcn and ken are capable of running as a full node (default) or an archive
node (retaining all historical state).
Core Cell (CC) is a set of one consensus node (CN) and one or more proxy nodes (PNs). Core Cell plays a role of generating blocks in the Kaia network. We recommend to visit the CC Operation Guide for the details of CC bootstrapping process.
Endpoint Node (EN) is an entry point from the outside of the network in order to interact with the Kaia network. Currently, two official networks are available: Kairos and Mainnet (legacy names: Baobab and Cypress). Please visit the official EN Operation Guide.
Service chain node is a node for Service Chain which is an auxiliary blockchain independent from the main chain tailored for individual service requiring special node configurations, customized security levels, and scalability for high throughput services. Service Chain expands and augments Kaia by providing a data integrity mechanism and supporting token transfers between different chains. Although the service chain feature is under development, we provide the operation guide for testing purposes. Please visit the official document Service Chain Operation Guide. Furthermore, for those who are interested in the Kaia Service Chain, please check out Scaling Solutions.
The Kaia library (i.e. all code outside of the cmd directory) is licensed under the
GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0, also
included in our repository in the COPYING.LESSER file.
The Kaia binaries (i.e. all code inside of the cmd directory) is licensed under the
GNU General Public License v3.0, also included
in our repository in the COPYING file.
As an open source project, Kaia always welcomes your contribution. Please read our CONTRIBUTING.md for a walk-through of the contribution process.