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Getting Started

VechainThor is the layer 1 blockchain, highly compatible with EVM*, which powers the vechain ecosystem. VechainThor is a public blockchain that is designed for the mass adoption of blockchain technology by enterprise users of all sizes and is intended to serve as a foundation for a sustainable and scalable enterprise blockchain ecosystem.

VechainThor is currently up-to-date with the EVM's paris hard fork, set evmVersion to paris if you are using solidity compiler version 0.8.20 or above.


Documentation

  • Build - How to build the thor binary.
  • Usage - How to run thor with different configurations.
  • Hosting a Node - Considerations and requirements for hosting a node.
  • Core Concepts - Core concepts of the VechainThor blockchain.
  • API Reference - The API reference for the VechainThor blockchain.

Community

The VechainThor community can be found on Discourse where you can ask questions, voice ideas, and share your projects with other people.

The Vechain Improvement Proposals (VIPs) repository can be found here.

To chat with other community members you can join:

Do note that our Code of Conduct applies to all vechain community channels. Users are highly encouraged to read and adhere to them to avoid repercussions.


Contributing

Contributions to VechainThor are welcome and highly appreciated. However, before you jump right into it, we would like you to review our Contribution Guidelines to make sure you have a smooth experience contributing to VechainThor.


Security

If you believe you have found a security vulnerability in Thor, we encourage you to responsibly disclose this and NOT open a public issue. We will investigate all legitimate reports.

Email support@vechain.org to disclose any security vulnerabilities. Alternatively, you can visit this link to submit a ticket or find more information.


Acknowledgement

A special shout out to following projects:


License

Vechain Thor is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0, also included in LICENSE file in repository.