NOTE: master branch is a development branch and is thus unstable. Do not run from it. Run or compile from tagged releases instead, unless you know what you are doing.
DeFiChain’s primary vision is to enable decentralized finance with Bitcoin-grade security, strength and immutability. It's a blockchain dedicated to fast, intelligent and transparent financial services, accessible by everyone.
For more information:
- Visit the DeFiChain website
- Read our white-paper
Downloadable binaries are available from the GitHub Releases page.
DeFiChain is a fork on Bitcoin Core from commit 7d6f63c – which is slightly after v0.18.1 of Bitcoin Core.
DeFiChain has done significant modifications from Bitcoin Core, for instance:
- Moving from Proof-of-Work to Proof-of-Stake
- Masternode model
- Community fund support
- Bitcoin blockchain block anchoring
- Increased decentralized financial transaction and opcode support, etc.
- Configuration defaults (mainnet ports:
8555/4, testnet ports:18555/4, regnet ports:19555/4, etc)
Merges from upstream (Bitcoin Core) will be done selectively if it applies to the improved functionality and security of DeFiChain.
DeFiChain is released under the terms of the MIT license. See COPYING for more information or see https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
The master branch is regularly built and tested, but is not guaranteed to be completely
stable. Tags are created regularly to indicate new official, stable release
versions of DeFiChain.
The contribution workflow is described in CONTRIBUTING.md.
Pull requests are warmly welcomed.
Reach us at engineering@defichain.com for any questions or collaborations.