https://github.com/FactomProject/FactomCode

Factom Servers begin by providing proof of existence services, but then move on to provide proof of existence of transforms. A list of such entries can be thought of as a FactomChain. A FactomChain can be used to implement private tokens, smart contracts, smart properties, and more.
https://github.com/FactomProject/FactomCode

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Factom Servers begin by providing proof of existence services, but then move on to provide proof of existence of transforms. A list of such entries can be thought of as a FactomChain. A FactomChain can be used to implement private tokens, smart contracts, smart properties, and more.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/FactomProject/FactomCode
• Owner: FactomProject
• License: mit
• Created: 2014-09-10T22:14:46.000Z (about 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-12-28T17:06:26.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-06-19T14:11:04.304Z (3 months ago)
• Language: Go
• Homepage:
• Size: 6.8 MB
• Stars: 219
• Watchers: 85
• Forks: 62
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
Factom 

===========

**This repository is historical and no longer maintained.**  

**For the current code, See FactomProject/factomd**

Factom is an Open-Source project that provides a way to build applications on the Bitcoin blockchain. 

Factom began by providing proof of existence services, but then moved on to provide proof of existence of transforms.  A list of such entries can be thought of as a Factom Chain.  Factom can be used to implement private tokens, smart contracts, smart properties, and more.

Factom leverages the Bitcoin Blockchain, but in a way that minimizes the amount of data actually inserted in the Blockchain.  Thus it provides a mechanism for creating Bitcoin 2.0 services for the trading of assets, securities, commodities, or other complex applications without increasing blockchain "pollution".

State of Development

--------------------

We are very much at an Alpha level of development.  We have a demo client and a Factom server prototype which runs against the testnet3 Bitcoin network. Please check the development branch for latest.   

GETTING STARTED

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You need to set up Go environment and install the following packages:  

* https://github.com/btcsuite/btcd

* https://github.com/btcsuite/btcwallet

* https://github.com/factomproject/factomcode 

After installing and setting up Go, btcd, and btcwallet, the following command will obtain FactomCode, all dependencies, and install them (completing step 3 above):

```bash

$ go get -u github.com/factomproject/factomcode/...

```

If you receive an error mentioning that go "Cannot download... godoc.org uses insecure protocol" and you have verified that godoc.org is the only domain/resource that is insecurely loading (via http rather than https), you can use the "-insecure" flag to bypass the problem, like so:

```bash

$ go get -insecure -u github.com/factomproject/factomcode/...

```

*Note: the "warning: code.google.com is shutting down" warnings which may appear during installation/setup can safely be ignored.*