Node documentation for cheqd network
ℹ️ Overview
cheqd is a public self-sovereign identity (SSI) network for building secure 🔐 and private 🤫 self-sovereign identity systems on Cosmos 💫. Our core vision is to add viable commercial models to decentralised digital 🆔
cheqd-node is the ledger/node component of the cheqd network tech stack, built using Cosmos SDK and CometBFT.
▶️ Quick start for joining cheqd networks
Join our Discord server for help, questions, and support if you are looking to join our mainnet or testnet.
Either the cheqd team, or one of your fellow node operators will be happy to offer some guidance.
✅ Mainnet
Getting started as a node operator on the cheqd network mainnet is as simple as...
Install the latest stable release of
cheqd-nodesoftware (currentlyv3.x.x) on a hosting platform of your choice by following the setup guide.Once you have acquired CHEQ tokens, promote your node to a validator.
If successfully configured, your node would become the latest validator on the cheqd mainnet. Welcome to the new digital ID revolution!
🚧 Testnet
Our testnet is the easiest place for developers and node operators to get started if you're not quite ready yet to dive into building apps on our mainnet. To get started...
Install the latest stable release of
cheqd-nodesoftware (currentlyv3.x.x) on a hosting platform of your choice by following the setup guide.Acquire testnet CHEQ tokens through our testnet faucet.
Once you have acquired CHEQ tokens, promote your node to a validator.
🧑💻 Using cheqd
Once installed, cheqd-node can be controlled using the cheqd Cosmos CLI guide.
📌 Currently supported functionality
Basic token functionality for holding and transferring tokens to other accounts on the same network
Creating, managing, and configuring accounts and keys on a cheqd node
Staking and participating in public-permissionless governance
Governance framework for public-permissionless self-sovereign identity networks
Creating
did:cheqdmethod DIDs, DID Documents ("DIDDocs")Querying DIDs/DIDDocs using our Universal Resolver driver
Creating and managing Verifiable Credentials anchored to DIDs on cheqd mainnet
Creating on-ledger DID-Linked "resources" (e.g., schemas, visual representations of credentials, etc) that can be used in DIDDocs and Verifiable Credentials. This is used to support AnonCreds on cheqd
Custom pricing for DID and Resources with burn to manage inflation.
EIP-1559 style feemarkets pricing for dynamic fees.
🛠 Developing & contributing to cheqd
cheqd-node is written in Go and built using Cosmos SDK. The Cosmos SDK Developer Guide explains a lot of the basic concepts of how the cheqd network functions.
If you want to build a node from source or contribute to the code, please read our guide to building and testing.
Creating a local network
If you are building from source, or otherwise interested in running a local network, we have instructions on how to set up a new network for development purposes.
🐞 Bug reports & 🤔 feature requests
If you notice anything not behaving how you expected, or would like to make a suggestion / request for a new feature, please create a new issue and let us know.
💬 Community
Our Discord server is our primary chat channel for the open-source community, software developers, and node operators.
Please reach out to us there for discussions, help, and feedback on the project.
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