fluence-network-environment/README.md

# Fluence network environment

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Maintained list of well-known Fluence network nodes. The package is meant to be used in combination with [Fluence JS SDK](https://github.com/fluencelabs/fluence-js).

## Installation

With npm

```bash
npm install @fluencelabs/fluence-network-environment
```

With yarn

```bash
yarn add @fluencelabs/fluence-network-environment
```

## Usage

Pick a node to connect to the Fluence network.

```typescript
import { testNet } from '@fluencelabs/fluence-network-environment';

export const relayNode = testNet[0];
```

Which can be used to initialize the Fluence client (see [Fluence JS SDK](https://github.com/fluencelabs/fluence-js).)

```typescript
import { FluencePeer } from '@fluencelabs/fluence';

const peer = new FluencePeer;
await peer.start({ connectTo: relayNode });
```

## Known networks

- stage - unstable network for development tests; low capacity
- TestNet - more stable network, used for QA of new releases; higher capacity
- Krasnodar - stable network, has the highest load capacity

All 3 networks are connected, i.e. any node can be discovered from every other. They're open and permissionless, meaning that anyone can use any node for bootstrapping.


## About Fluence

Fluence is an open application platform where apps can build on each other, share data and users

|         Layer         |                             Tech                             |              Scale               |               State               |                           Based on                           |
| :-------------------: | :----------------------------------------------------------: | :------------------------------: | :-------------------------------: | :----------------------------------------------------------: |
|       Execution       |          [FCE](https://github.com/fluencelabs/fce)           |           Single peer            | Disk, network, external processes | Wasm, [IT](https://github.com/fluencelabs/interface-types), [Wasmer\*](https://github.com/fluencelabs/wasmer) |
|      Composition      |   [Aquamarine](https://github.com/fluencelabs/aquamarine)    |          Involved peers          |      Results and signatures       |                        ⇅, π-calculus                         |
|       Topology        | [TrustGraph](https://github.com/fluencelabs/fluence/tree/master/trust-graph), [DHT\*](https://github.com/fluencelabs/rust-libp2p) | Distributed with Kademlia\* algo |    Actual state of the network    |       [libp2p](https://github.com/libp2p/rust-libp2p)        |
| Security & Accounting |                          Blockchain                          |          Whole network           |        Licenses & payments        |                          substrate?                          |

<img alt="aquamarine scheme" align="center" src="doc/stack.png"/>



## License

[Apache 2.0](https://github.com/fluencelabs/fluence/blob/trustless_computing/LICENSE.md)