Coordinator: A Waterfall Consensus and Cordination Layer Implementation Written in Go

The Waterfall team forked the project on October 20, 2021, and has since made its own changes.

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This is the core repository for Coordinator, a Golang implementation of the Waterfall Consensus specification, developed by Blue Wave Inc.

Building the source

We strongly recommend installing go version 1.21.11 or later

Install Basel version 6.4.0

bazel build //beacon-chain:beacon-chain --config=release
bazel build //validator:validator --config=release

Getting Started

A detailed set of installation and usage instructions as well as breakdowns of each individual component are available in the official documentation portal. If you still have questions, feel free to stop by our Discord.

Staking on Mainnet

To participate in staking, you see on the official waterfall site. The launchpad is the only recommended way to become a validator on mainnet.

Contributing

Branches

Coordinator maintains two permanent branches:

• main: This points to the latest stable release. It is ideal for most users.
• develop: This is used for development, it contains the latest PRs. Developers should base their PRs on this branch.

Guide

Want to get involved? Check out our Contribution Guide to learn more!

License

• GNU General Public License v3.0

The code written for the Waterfall project is distributed under APACHE LICENSE, VERSION 2.0, also included in our repository in the LICENSE file.

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