Welcome to the Corda repository!
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This documentation describes the prototype of a proposed architecture for distributed ledgers.

The goal of this prototype is to explore fundamentally better designs for distributed ledgers than what presently exists
on the market, tailor made for the needs of the financial industry. We are attempting to prove or disprove the
following hypothesis:

The combination of

* An upgraded state transition model
* Industry standard, production quality virtual machines and languages
* An advanced orchestration framework
* Limited data propagation
* Conflict resolution without proof of work or blocks

is sufficiently powerful to justify the creation of a new platform implementation.

Read on to learn:

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
   :caption: Overview

   inthebox
   getting-set-up
   data-model
   consensus
   messaging
   running-the-demos
   node-administration
   irs

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
   :caption: Tutorials

   where-to-start
   tutorial-contract
   protocol-state-machines
   oracles

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2
   :caption: Appendix

   release-process
   release-notes
   visualiser
   codestyle
   building-the-docs

