The Linera Manual
1.
Developers
1.1.
Getting Started
1.1.1.
Installation
1.1.2.
Hello, Linera
1.2.
The Linera Protocol
1.2.1.
Overview
1.2.2.
Microchains
1.2.3.
Wallets
1.2.4.
Node Service
1.2.5.
Applications
1.3.
Writing Linera Applications
1.3.1.
Creating a Project
1.3.2.
Creating the Application State
1.3.3.
Defining the ABI
1.3.4.
Writing the Contract Binary
1.3.5.
Writing the Service Binary
1.3.6.
Deploying the Application
1.3.7.
Cross-Chain Messages
1.3.8.
Calling other Applications
1.3.9.
Using Data Blobs
1.3.10.
Printing Logs from an Application
1.3.11.
Writing Tests
1.4.
Advanced Topics
1.4.1.
Contract Finalization
1.4.2.
Validators
1.4.3.
Creating New Blocks
1.4.4.
Applications that Handle Assets
1.5.
Experimental
1.5.1.
Machine Learning
2.
Node Operators
2.1.
Devnets
2.1.1.
Docker Compose
2.1.2.
kind
2.2.
Testnets
2.2.1.
Joining a Testnet
3.
Appendix
3.1.
Glossary
3.2.
Videos
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The Linera Protocol
We now describe the main concepts of the Linera protocol in more details.