https://github.com/cuprate/cuprate

Cuprate, an upcoming experimental, modern & secure Monero node. Written in Rust
https://github.com/cuprate/cuprate

cryptocurrency monero monero-integrations monerod network network-programming peer-to-peer rust rust-lang security

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Cuprate, an upcoming experimental, modern & secure Monero node. Written in Rust

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/cuprate/cuprate
• Owner: Cuprate
• License: other
• Created: 2023-02-04T18:12:20.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-04-05T14:34:00.000Z (19 days ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-07T20:05:43.016Z (17 days ago)
• Topics: cryptocurrency, monero, monero-integrations, monerod, network, network-programming, peer-to-peer, rust, rust-lang, security
• Language: Rust
• Homepage: https://cuprate.org/
• Size: 6.77 MB
• Stars: 245
• Watchers: 15
• Forks: 34
• Open Issues: 80
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE
  • Security: SECURITY.md

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An alternative Monero node implementation.

_(work-in-progress)_

[![Matrix](https://img.shields.io/badge/Matrix-Cuprate-white?logo=matrix&labelColor=grey&logoColor=white)](https://matrix.to/#/#cuprate:monero.social) [![CI](https://github.com/Cuprate/cuprate/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Cuprate/cuprate/actions/workflows/ci.yml)



## Contents

- [About](#about)

- [Books](#books)

- [Crates](#crates)

- [Contributing](#contributing)

- [Security](#security)

- [License](#license)

## About

Cuprate is an effort to create an alternative [Monero](https://getmonero.org) node implementation

in [Rust](https://rust-lang.org).

It will be able to independently validate Monero consensus rules, providing a layer of security and redundancy for the

Monero network.

## Books

_Cuprate is currently a work-in-progress; documentation will be changing/unfinished._

Cuprate maintains various documentation books:

| Book                                                            | Description                                                |

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|

| [Cuprate's architecture book](https://architecture.cuprate.org) | Documents Cuprate's internal architecture & implementation |

| [Monero's protocol book](https://monero-book.cuprate.org)       | Documents the Monero protocol                              |

| [Cuprate's user book](https://user.cuprate.org)                 | Practical user-guide for using `cuprated`                  |

## Crates

For a detailed list of all crates, see: .

For crate (library) documentation, see: . This site holds documentation for Cuprate's crates and all dependencies. All Cuprate crates start with `cuprate_`, for example: [`cuprate_database`](https://doc.cuprate.org/cuprate_database).

## Contributing

See [`CONTRIBUTING.md`](/CONTRIBUTING.md).

## Security

Cuprate has a responsible vulnerability disclosure policy, see [`SECURITY.md`](/SECURITY.md).

## License

The `binaries/` directory is licensed under AGPL-3.0, everything else is licensed under MIT.

See [`LICENSE`](/LICENSE) for more details.