ruvcoindev / elements

Open Source implementation of advanced blockchain features extending the Bitcoin protocol

Elements Project blockchain platform

https://elementsproject.org

This is the integration and staging tree for the Elements blockchain platform, a collection of feature experiments and extensions to the Bitcoin protocol. This platform enables anyone to build their own businesses or networks pegged to Bitcoin as a sidechain or run as a standalone blockchain with arbitrary asset tokens.

Modes

Elements supports a few different pre-set chains for syncing. Note though some are intended for QA and debugging only:

• Liquid mode: elementsd -chain=liquidv1 (syncs with Liquid network)
• Bitcoin mainnet mode: elementsd -chain=main (not intended to be run for commerce)
• Bitcoin testnet mode: elementsd -chain=testnet3
• Bitcoin regtest mode: elementsd -chain=regtest
• Elements custom chains: Any other -chain= argument. It has regtest-like default parameters that can be over-ridden by the user by a rich set of start-up options.

Confidential Assets

The latest feature in the Elements blockchain platform is Confidential Assets, the ability to issue multiple assets on a blockchain where asset identifiers and amounts are blinded yet auditable through the use of applied cryptography.

• Announcement of Confidential Assets
• Confidential Assets Whitepaper to be presented April 7th at Financial Cryptography 2017 in Malta
• Confidential Assets Tutorial
• Confidential Assets Demo
• Elements Code Tutorial covering blockchain configuration and how to use the main features.

Features of the Elements blockchain platform

Compared to Bitcoin itself, it adds the following features:

• Confidential Assets
• Confidential Transactions
• Federated Two-Way Peg
• Signed Blocks
• Additional opcodes

Previous elements that have been integrated into Bitcoin:

• Segregated Witness
• Relative Lock Time

Elements deferred for additional research and standardization:

• Schnorr Signatures

Additional RPC commands and parameters:

• RPC Docs

License

Elements is released under the terms of the MIT license. See COPYING for more information or see http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.

What is the Elements Project?

Elements is an open source, sidechain-capable blockchain platform. It also allows experiments to more rapidly bring technical innovation to the Bitcoin ecosystem.

Learn more on the Elements Project website

https://github.com/ElementsProject/elementsproject.github.io

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