illium full node implementation written in Go

This is an alpha version of the illium full node software. It very recently has become feature complete and can now create and verify zk-snark proofs. We plan more testing with this version before moving to a formal beta. Also note the current performance (specifically the proving time) is not likely representative of the final performance.

If you want to test this alpha version you can download the binaries from the github releases page and run the node with the --alpha flag.

$ ilxd --alpha

Head over to the releases page and download the lastest release for your operating system.

The release contains two binaries: ilxd and ilxcli. ilxd is the illium full node application and ilxcli is a command line application that is used to control and interact with a running node.

Please note that the master branch is considered under active development and may contain bugs. If you are running in a production environment please checkout a release tag.

Make sure you have the required dependencies:

$ apt-get install build-essential pkg-config libssl-dev

Ilxd requires both Go and Rust to be installed on your system. You'll need to use the makefile to install it as it will compile both the Go code and Rust bindings.

$ git clone https://github.com/project-illium/ilxd.git
$ cd ilxd
$ make install

This command builds both ilxd and ilxcli. The binaries will be put in $GOPATH/bin.

To put this directory in your path add this line to your /etc/profile (for a system-wide installation) or $HOME/.profile:

export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin

If you have an Nvidia GPU with the nvidia-cuda-toolkit installed you can make use of GPU acceleration to speed up the proving and verifying time.

$ CUDA=1 make install

Vist docs.illium.org for a comprehensive guide to running a node.

We'd love your help! See the contributing guidlines before submitting your first PR.