Besu is an Apache 2.0 licensed, MainNet compatible, Ethereum client written in Java.
Besu issues are tracked in Jira, not GitHub. See our guidelines for more details on searching and creating issues.
If you have any questions, queries or comments, RocketChat is the place to find us.
Users wanting to install Besu should install the Besu binary by following these instructions.
- Contributing Guidelines
- Coding Conventions
- Command Line Interface (CLI) Style Guide
- Besu User Documentation for running and using Besu
Instructions for how to get started with developing on the Besu codebase. Please also read the
wiki for more details on how to submit a pull request (PR).
Also feel free to contact our Developer Advocate with any questions about contributing to the project.
- Checking Out and Building
- Running Developer Builds
- Code Coverage
- Logging or the Documentation's Logging section
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