Echelon (ECH) is a scalable, high-throughput Proof-of-Stake blockchain that is fully compatible and interoperable with Ethereum and Cosmos. It's built using the Cosmos SDK which runs on top of Tendermint Core consensus engine with EVMOS Ethermint.
Note: Requires Go 1.18+
For prerequisites and detailed build instructions please read the Installation instructions. Once the dependencies are installed, run:
make installOr check out the latest release.
To get onto our mainnet (echelon_3000-3) genesis download the genesis.json here
wget https://gist.githubusercontent.com/echelonfoundation/ee862f58850fc1b5ee6a6fdccc3130d2/raw/55c2c4ea2fee8a9391d0dc55b2c272adb804054a/genesis.json
and then move it into the echelond config (after you have initilized your node)
echelond init <nodename> --chain-id echelon_3000-3
mv genesis.json ~/.echelond/config/
To learn how the Echelon works from a high-level perspective, go to the Introduction section from the documentation. You can also check the instructions to Run a Node. You can also read the Cosmos SDK and familiarize yourself with Cosmos SDK, Tendermint, and Ethermint.
The following chat channels and forums are a great spot to ask questions about Echelon:
Looking for a good place to start contributing? Check out some good first issues.
Original codebase forked from EVMOS
For additional instructions, standards and style guides, please refer to the Contributing document.