# README
Fractal
Welcome to the Fractal source code repository!
What is Fractal?
Fractal is a high-level blockchain framework that can implement the issuance, circulation, and dividends of tokens efficiently and reliably. Fractal can also steadily implement various community governance functions with voting as the core and foundation. These functions are the foundation for building the token economy of future.
home page: https://fractalproject.com/
Executables
The fractal project comes with several wrappers/executables found in the cmd directory.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
ft | Our main fractal CLI client. It is the entry point into the fractal network (main-, test- or private net), It can be used by other processes as a gateway into the fractal network via JSON RPC endpoints exposed on top of HTTP, WebSocket and/or IPC transports. ft -h and the Command Line Options for command line options. |
ftfinder | ftfinder is a fractal node discoverer.ftfinder -h and the Command Line Options for command line options. |
Getting Started
The following instructions overview the process of getting the code, building it, and start node.
Getting the code
To download all of the code:
git clone https://github.com/fractalplatform/fractal
Setting up a build/development environment
Install latest distribution of Go if you don't have it already. (go version >= go1.10 )
Currently supports the following operating systems:
- Ubuntu 16.04
- Ubuntu 18.04
- MacOS Darwin 10.12 and higher
Build Fractal
make all
more information see: Installing Fractal
Running a node
To run ./ft , you can run your own FT instance.
$ ft
Join the fractal main network see: Main Network
Join the fractal test network see: Test Network
Operating a private network see:Private Network
Resources
More Documentation see the Fractal wiki
License
Fractal is distributed under the terms of the GPLv3 License.