Ravencoin Ravencoin Core integration/staging tree

RaveCoreitegratio/stagigtree

https://ravecoi.org

Ravecoiisaexperimetaldigitalcurrecythateablesistatpaymetstoayoe,aywhereitheworld.TheRavecoiplatformalsoletsayoecreateassets(tokes)otheRavecoietwork.AssetscabeusedforNFTs,STOs,GiftCards,adfractioalowershipofaythigofvalue.Ravecoiusespeer-to-peertechologytooperatewithocetralauthority:maagigtrasactiosadissuigmoeyarecarriedoutcollectivelybytheetwork.

RaveCoreisreleaseduderthetermsoftheMITlicese.SeeCOPYINGformoreiformatioorseehttps://opesource.org/liceses/MIT.

Themasterbrachisregularlybuiltadtested,butisotguarateedtobecompletelystable.Tagsarecreatedregularlytoidicateewofficial,stablereleaseversiosofRaveCore.

Activedevelopmetisdoeithedevelopbrach.

ThecotributioworkflowisdescribediCONTRIBUTING.md.

DeveloperIRCisiactivepleasejoiusodiscordi#developmet.https://discord.gg/fdp4NBGct

Testigadcodereviewisthebottleeckfordevelopmet;wegetmorepullrequeststhawecareviewadtestoshortotice.Pleasebepatietadhelpoutbytestigotherpeople'spullrequests,adrememberthisisasecurity-criticalprojectwhereaymistakemightcostpeoplelotsofmoey.

Testetisupadruigadavailabletousedurigdevelopmet.

Developersarestroglyecouragedtowriteuittestsforewcode,adtosubmitewuittestsforoldcode.Uittestscabecompiledadru(assumigtheywere'tdisabledicofigure)with:makecheck.Furtherdetailsoruigadextediguittestscabefoudi/src/test/README.md.

Therearealsoregressioaditegratiotests,writteiPytho,thatareruautomaticallyothebuildserver.Thesetestscaberu(ifthetestdepedeciesareistalled)with:test/fuctioal/test_ruer.py

Chagesshouldbetestedbysomebodyotherthathedeveloperwhowrotethecode.Thisisespeciallyimportatforlargeorhigh-riskchages.Itisusefultoaddatestplatothepullrequestdescriptioiftestigthechagesisotstraightforward.

Adigitalpeertopeeretworkforthefacilitatioofassettrasfer.

IthefictioalworldofWesteros,ravesareusedasmessegerswhocarrystatemetsoftruth.Ravecoiisausecasespecificblockchaidesigedtocarrystatemetsoftruthaboutwhoowswhatassets.

ThakyoutotheBitcoidevelopers.

TheRavecoiprojectislauchedbasedothehardworkadcotiuouseffortofover400Bitcoideveloperswhomadeover14,000commitsoverthelifetodateoftheBitcoiproject.Weareeterallygratefultoyouforyoureffortsaddiligeceimakigasecureetworkadfortheirsupportoffreeadopesourcesoftwaredevelopmet.TheRavecoiexperimetismadeothefoudatioyoubuilt.

Ravecoiaimstoimplemetablockchaiwhichisoptimizedspecificallyfortheusecaseoftrasferrigassetssuchassecuritiesfromoeholdertoaother.BasedotheextesivedevelopmetadtestigofBitcoi,RavecoiisbuiltoaforkoftheBitcoicode.Keychagesicludeafasterblockrewardtimeadachageitheumber,butotweigheddistributioschedule,ofcois.Ravecoiisfreeadopesourceadwillbeissuedadmiedtrasparetlywithopre-mie,developerallocatioorayothersimilarsetaside.Ravecoiisitededtoprioritizeusercotrol,privacyadcesorshipresistaceadbejurisdictioagosticwhileallowigsimpleoptioaladditioalfeaturesforusersbasedoeed.

Ablockchaiisaledgershowigthevalueofsomethigadallowigittobetrasferredtosomeoeelse.Ofallthepossibleusesforblockchais,thereportigofwhoowswhatisoeofthecoreusesofthetechology.ThisiswhythefirstadmostsuccessfulusecaseforblockchaitechologytodatehasbeeBitcoi.

ThesuccessoftheEthereumERC20tokeshowsthedemadfortokeizedassetsthatuseaotherblockchai.Tokesoffermayadvatagestotraditioalsharesorotherparticipatiomechaismssuchasfastertrasfer,possiblyicreasedusercotroladcesorshipresistaceadreductioorelimiatiooftheeedfortrustedthirdparties.

BitcoialsohasthecapabilityofservigastherailsfortokesbyusigprojectssuchasOmilayer,RSKorCouterparty.However,eitherBitcoiorEthereumwasspecificallydesigedforfacilitatigowershipofotherassets.

Ravecoiisdesigedtobeausecasespecificblockchaidesigedtoefficietlyhadleoespecificfuctio:thetrasferofassetsfromoepartytoaother.

Bitcoiisadalwaysshouldbefocusedoitsgoalsofbeigabetterformofmoey.Bitcoideveloperswillulikelyprioritizeimprovemetsorfeatureswhicharespecificallybeeficialtothefacilitatiooftoketrasfers.OegoaloftheRavecoiprojectistoseeifausecasespecificblockchaiaddevelopmeteffortcacreatecodewhichcaeitherimproveexistigstructureslikeBitcoiorprovideadvatagesforspecificusecases.

Itheewglobalecoomy,bordersadjurisdictioswillbelessrelevatasmoreassetsaretradableadtradeacrossbordersisicreasiglyfrictioless.IaagewherepeoplecamovesigificatamoutsofwealthistatlyusigBitcoi,globalcosumerswilllikelydemadthesameefficiecyfortheirsecuritiesadsimilarassetholdigs.

Forsuchaglobalsystemtoworkitwilleedtobeidepedetofregulatoryjurisdictios.Thisisotduetoideologicalbeliefbutpracticality:iftherailsforblockchaiassettrasferareotcesorshipresistaceadjurisdictioagostic,aygivejurisdictiomaybeicoflictwithaother.Ilegacysystems,wealthwasgeerallycofiedithejurisdictiooftheholderadthereforeeasytocotrolbasedothepoliciesofthatjurisdictio.Becauseoftheglobalatureofblockchaitechologyayprotocollevelabilitytocotrolwealthwouldpotetiallyplacejurisdictiosicoflictadwillotbeabletooperatefairly.