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* go routines in blockchain reactor * Added reference to the go routine diagram * Initial commit * cleanup * Undo testing_logger change, committed by mistake * Fix the test loggers * pulled some fsm code into pool.go * added pool tests * changes to the design added block requests under peer moved the request trigger in the reactor poolRoutine, triggered now by a ticker in general moved everything required for making block requests smarter in the poolRoutine added a simple map of heights to keep track of what will need to be requested next added a few more tests * send errors to FSM in a different channel than blocks send errors (RemovePeer) from switch on a different channel than the one receiving blocks renamed channels added more pool tests * more pool tests * lint errors * more tests * more tests * switch fast sync to new implementation * fixed data race in tests * cleanup * finished fsm tests * address golangci comments :) * address golangci comments :) * Added timeout on next block needed to advance * updating docs and cleanup * fix issue in test from previous cleanup * cleanup * Added termination scenarios, tests and more cleanup * small fixes to adr, comments and cleanup * Fix bug in sendRequest() If we tried to send a request to a peer not present in the switch, a missing continue statement caused the request to be blackholed in a peer that was removed and never retried. While this bug was manifesting, the reactor kept asking for other blocks that would be stored and never consumed. Added the number of unconsumed blocks in the math for requesting blocks ahead of current processing height so eventually there will be no more blocks requested until the already received ones are consumed. * remove bpPeer's didTimeout field * Use distinct err codes for peer timeout and FSM timeouts * Don't allow peers to update with lower height * review comments from Ethan and Zarko * some cleanup, renaming, comments * Move block execution in separate goroutine * Remove pool's numPending * review comments * fix lint, remove old blockchain reactor and duplicates in fsm tests * small reorg around peer after review comments * add the reactor spec * verify block only once * review comments * change to int for max number of pending requests * cleanup and godoc * Add configuration flag fast sync version * golangci fixes * fix config template * move both reactor versions under blockchain * cleanup, golint, renaming stuff * updated documentation, fixed more golint warnings * integrate with behavior package * sync with master * gofmt * add changelog_pending entry * move to improvments * suggestion to changelog entry
Tendermint
Byzantine-Fault Tolerant State Machines. Or Blockchain, for short.
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Tendermint Core is Byzantine Fault Tolerant (BFT) middleware that takes a state transition machine - written in any programming language - and securely replicates it on many machines.
For protocol details, see the specification.
For detailed analysis of the consensus protocol, including safety and liveness proofs, see our recent paper, "The latest gossip on BFT consensus".
Releases
NOTE: The master branch is now an active development branch (starting with v0.32). Please, do not depend on it and
use releases instead.
Tendermint is being used in production in both private and public environments, most notably the blockchains of the Cosmos Network. However, we are still making breaking changes to the protocol and the APIs and have not yet released v1.0. See below for more details about versioning.
In any case, if you intend to run Tendermint in production, please contact us and join the chat.
Security
To report a security vulnerability, see our bug bounty program
For examples of the kinds of bugs we're looking for, see SECURITY.md
Minimum requirements
| Requirement | Notes |
|---|---|
| Go version | Go1.11.4 or higher |
Documentation
Complete documentation can be found on the website.
Install
See the install instructions
Quick Start
- Single node
- Local cluster using docker-compose
- Remote cluster using terraform and ansible
- Join the Cosmos testnet
Contributing
Please abide by the Code of Conduct in all interactions, and the contributing guidelines when submitting code.
Join the larger community on the forum and the chat.
To learn more about the structure of the software, watch the Developer Sessions and read some Architectural Decision Records.
Learn more by reading the code and comparing it to the specification.
Versioning
Semantic Versioning
Tendermint uses Semantic Versioning to determine when and how the version changes. According to SemVer, anything in the public API can change at any time before version 1.0.0
To provide some stability to Tendermint users in these 0.X.X days, the MINOR version is used to signal breaking changes across a subset of the total public API. This subset includes all interfaces exposed to other processes (cli, rpc, p2p, etc.), but does not include the in-process Go APIs.
That said, breaking changes in the following packages will be documented in the CHANGELOG even if they don't lead to MINOR version bumps:
- crypto
- types
- rpc/client
- config
- node
- libs
- bech32
- common
- db
- errors
- log
Exported objects in these packages that are not covered by the versioning scheme
are explicitly marked by // UNSTABLE in their go doc comment and may change at any
time without notice. Functions, types, and values in any other package may also change at any time.
Upgrades
In an effort to avoid accumulating technical debt prior to 1.0.0, we do not guarantee that breaking changes (ie. bumps in the MINOR version) will work with existing tendermint blockchains. In these cases you will have to start a new blockchain, or write something custom to get the old data into the new chain.
However, any bump in the PATCH version should be compatible with existing histories (if not please open an issue).
For more information on upgrading, see UPGRADING.md
Resources
Tendermint Core
For details about the blockchain data structures and the p2p protocols, see the Tendermint specification.
For details on using the software, see the documentation which is also hosted at: https://tendermint.com/docs/
Tools
Benchmarking and monitoring is provided by tm-bench and tm-monitor, respectively.
Their code is found here and these binaries need to be built seperately.
Additional documentation is found here.
Sub-projects
- Amino, reflection-based proto3, with interfaces
- IAVL, Merkleized IAVL+ Tree implementation
- Tm-cmn, Commonly used libs across Tendermint & Cosmos repos
Applications
- Cosmos SDK; a cryptocurrency application framework
- Ethermint; Ethereum on Tendermint
- Many more