Dash open-sourcing software repositories are in the final stages and will be complete by the end of March.

Hey Dash community!

I’m so happy to announce the open-sourcing of our Dash Platform software repositories, including our Distributed API (DAPI) and Drive. The Dash Platform is one of 3 parts, along with Core and DashPay Wallet, which together collectively form what is commonly known as Evolution.

The process is in the final stages. We’ve been silently releasing in batches, in an order which makes sense based on dependencies (so, more foundational components are released first, then higher-level afterwards). This on-going effort should be finished by the end of this month. If you’re watching closely, you’ve probably seen a few repositories already published, such as js-dpp, our Javascript implementation of the layer 2 consensus protocol.

Creating software for decentralized p2p networks is quite complex. Many pieces had to be laid down in a specific order to establish a foundation, and more than once we’ve had to return to the drawing board and rethink how we implement some specific item, e.g. quorums or DAPI…….

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Author: Nathan Marley
Original link: https://blog.dash.org/open-sourcing-software-repositories-effc2a8c0a00