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# Basecoin | ||
# Coming soon | ||
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_DISCLAIMER: Basecoin is not associated with Coinbase.com, an excellent Bitcoin/Ethereum service._ | ||
Cosmos-sdk is the successor to basecoin, but it is not yet ready. All | ||
development is happening on branches and there is no stable API yet. | ||
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Basecoin is an [ABCI application](https://github.com/tendermint/abci) designed to be used with the [Tendermint consensus engine](https://tendermint.com/) to form a Proof-of-Stake cryptocurrency. | ||
It also provides a general purpose framework for extending the feature-set of the cryptocurrency | ||
by implementing plugins. | ||
Potential release maybe late September. Please watch this space for details, | ||
but please don't build on it yet. | ||
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Basecoin serves as a reference implementation for how we build ABCI applications in Go, | ||
and is the framework in which we implement the [Cosmos Hub](https://cosmos.network). | ||
**It's easy to use, and doesn't require any forking** - just implement your plugin, import the basecoin libraries, | ||
and away you go with a full-stack blockchain and command line tool for transacting. | ||
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WARNING: Currently uses plain-text private keys for transactions and is otherwise not production ready. | ||
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## Prerequisites | ||
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[Install and setup Golang](https://tendermint.com/docs/guides/install-go). | ||
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## Installation | ||
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``` | ||
go get -u github.com/tendermint/basecoin/cmd/basecoin | ||
``` | ||
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See the [install guide](/docs/guide/install.md) for more details. | ||
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## Guide | ||
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1. Getting started with the [Basecoin basics](/docs/guide/basecoin-basics.md) | ||
1. Learning to [use the plugin system](/docs/guide/basecoin-plugins.md) | ||
1. More features of the [Basecoin tool](/docs/guide/basecoin-tool.md) | ||
1. Learn how to use [InterBlockchain Communication (IBC)](/docs/guide/ibc.md) | ||
1. See [more examples](github.com/tendermint/basecoin-examples) | ||
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To deploy a testnet, see our [repository of deployment tools](https://github.com/tendermint/tools). | ||
You can currently use https://github.com/tendermint/basecoin to build your abci | ||
apps. Much of the business logic code can be ported over without too | ||
much difficulty. |