Welcome to ARK Core v3
Technology Stack
Directory Structure
Data Models
Cryptography
Architecture
Application Lifecycle
Service Container
Service Provider
Managers and Drivers
Contracts
Services
Attributes
Cache
Events
Filesystem
Logging
Mixins
Pipeline
Queue
Schedule
Triggers
Validation
Understanding the Lifecycle
Understanding the Nonce
Transaction Types
Overview
Transfer
2nd Signature Registration
Delegate Registration
Vote / Unvote
Multisignature Registration
Ipfs
Multipayment
Delegate Resignation
HTLC
Entity
Introduction
Requirements
Configuring Core
Environment Variables
Using the Install Script
Installing from Source
Docker on Linux/macOS
Docker on Windows
Security Through Obscurity
Staying Up-to-Date
Using SSH
Installing Fail2Ban
Setting Up Port Knocking
Applying iptables
Cloudflare DDoS Protection
Core Run Modes
Core CLI Commands
Starting a Relay
Starting a Forger
Using Snapshots
Creating Factories
Launching a Testnet
Launching a Block Explorer
Using the Core-Tester-CLI
Creating Event Emitters
Creating API Servers
Implementing Milestones
Using Docker
Core CLI
Available Commands
Creating Commands
dApps
Authoring Core dApps
Modeling the Structure
Creating a Module
Plugins
Authoring Plugins
Managing Plugins
Custom Transactions
Authoring Transaction Types
Defining the Structure
Implementing the Builder
Implementing the Handler
Loading the dApp
Running the Example
Introduction
Using the Sandbox
Testing Plugins
Testing Transactions
2.0
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2.1
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2.3
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2.4
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2.5
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2.6
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3.0
3.0 Release Guide
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3.8.2
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3.13 to Node.js 24
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Installation Introduction

A guide on how to prepare a fully functional environment.

Information

If you don’t have access to a Linux box you can quickly setup one on DigitalOcean and other cloud providers.

Introduction

ARK Core is written in TypeScript , and it has been using Lerna to manage the development and publication of its packages and uses Node.js as execution environment.

This guide will take you through the basic steps of setting up a development environment. We officially recommend and support the Ubuntu LTS releases 24.04 and 26.04. Other Linux distributions may work, but are not tested. See the Server Requirements for details.

Please select one of the development setup tutorial you would like to start with:

/docs/core/installation/script

Installation - Using the Install Script
/docs/core/installation/docker-unix

Installation - Docker Setup on Linux macOS
/docs/core/installation/docker-windows

Installation - Docker Setup on Windows

Information

These tutorials are for setting up the development environment for ARK core. If you are looking to run a core node in production, we provide other tools and resources, such as:
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