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Welcome to Ardor!

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What is Ardor?

Ardor is a modern economic system based on cryptography and blockchain technology.

With Ardor, you can manage and interact with

• your assets
• your businesses
• your customers

in such a way that no trusted third parties are required anymore.

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Get it!

• pre-packaged - https://www.jelurida.com/

• dependencies:

  • general - Java 8
  • Ubuntu - http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/install-oracle-java-8-in-ubuntu-via-ppa.html
  • Debian - http://www.webupd8.org/2014/03/how-to-install-oracle-java-8-in-debian.html
  • FreeBSD - pkg install openjdk8

• repository - git clone https://bitbucket.org/Jelurida/ardor.git

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Run it!

• click on the Ardor icon, or start from the command line:

• Unix: ./start.sh

• Mac: ./run.command

• Window: run.bat

• wait for the JavaFX wallet window to open

• on platforms without JavaFX, open http://localhost:27876/ in a browser

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Compile it!

• if necessary with: ./compile.sh
• you need jdk-8 as well

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Improve it!

• we love pull requests
• we love issues (resolved ones actually ;-) )
• in any case, make sure you leave your ideas at BitBucket
• assist others on the issue tracker
• review existing code and pull requests
• cf. coding guidelines in DEVELOPERS-GUIDE.md

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Troubleshooting the Ardor Software

• How to Stop the Ardor Server?

  • click on Ardor Stop icon, or run ./stop.sh
  • or if started from command line, ctrl+c or close the console window

• UI Errors or Stacktraces?

  • report on BitBucket

• Permissions Denied?

  • no spaces and only latin characters in the path to the Ardor installation directory
  • known jetty issue

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Further Reading

• in this repository:

  • USERS-GUIDE.md
  • DEVELOPERS-GUIDE.md
  • OPERATORS-GUIDE.md

• in the wiki:

  • nxtwiki.org

• on the forums:

  • nxtforum.org

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