Iron is synonym for chain and bar is a synonym for block. This project is to develop a distributed ledger technologies that can be used in various scenerios like games, or SSI system and so on. Given there will be a plug-in model for extending core behaviors, the use cases are more varied.
- Server components can run on any OS
- Secure using latest encryption standards
- Client connectivity from any operating system
- New use cases can be added by plug-in pattern
- Simple to understand both in nomenclature and implementation
Prototype/irregular updates
Reopening this project to add CI/CD deployment to AWS or Azure.
This project is being updated with new functionality on an irregular basis. Please review work.md for details on goals and progress towards those goals. There is no regular release schedule in place. Work is completed on an adhoc schedule.
2024.03.30
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dotnet --version
8.0.200
Nodes are center piece of Iron Bar. They handle all of the block chain transactions.
One running node will be sufficient to use Iron Bar, but that is not the intended design. At this time, it has not
been determined which configuration is optimal. The goal is several nodes working together with one node
as the controller or boot node and the others functioning as creating block nodes and validation nodes.
The bootnode is responsible for delegating work to additional nodes as well as acting as the public endpoint to apps consuming Iron Bar.
The remaining nodes will be responsible for blockchain management: creating new chains, validating , and distributed storage of chains (distributed block chain ledger).
When a new block is created, the bootnode will assign validation to all nodes.
When there is only 1 node, the bootnode handles it all and there is no distributed block chain ledger.
This is to be worked out, if the project is to cointue.
- gRPC clients should be able to interact with iron bar directly.
- A separate webapp with both UI and RESTful api that will also allow for consuming iron bar services.
Iron bar is designed to be extensible through plug-ins. See the plug-in doc for more details.