N42 introduces a secure, efficient, and globally interconnected digital ecosystem, empowering developers to build applications with maximum autonomy and interoperability. Designed as a high-performance public blockchain, N42 utilizes Go for its exceptional concurrency, scalability, and ease of deployment, ensuring a robust and highly efficient environment.
With its modular and sharded architecture, N42 provides advanced transaction throughput and data processing capabilities, critical for developing a globally connected digital infrastructure. Its permissionless design facilitates seamless integration and efficient data exchange across diverse application environments, laying the foundation for the next generation of decentralized internet services.
Disclaimer: This software is currently a tech preview. We will do our best to keep it stable and avoid breaking changes, but we make no guarantees.
- Storage: ≥ 200 GB (SSD or NVMe recommended; HDD not recommended)
- Memory: ≥ 16 GB RAM
- CPU: 64-bit architecture
- Go Version: ≥ 1.19
To build N42 from source, you must have the latest version of Go installed.
- Installation instructions: Go installation page
- Download Go: Go download page
Clone the repository and compile:
git clone https://github.com/N42world/n42.git
cd n42
make n42
./build/bin/n42Windows users may run N42 in three ways:
- Native binaries: Build using Chocolatey
- Docker: See docker-compose.yml
- WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux):
- Install and build as on Linux
- Ensure storage is on Linux filesystem for best performance
Docker allows easy building and running without installing dependencies on the host OS.
See: docker-compose.yml, Dockerfile
Convenient Docker commands:
make images # Build Docker images containing N42 binaries
make up # docker-compose up -d && docker-compose logs -f
make down # docker-compose down && clean docker data
make start # docker-compose start && docker-compose logs -f
make stop # docker-compose stopN42 includes one main executable located in the cmd directory:
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
n42 |
Main CLI client, provides JSON RPC endpoints over HTTP transports. Use n42 --help for options. |
| Port | Protocol | Purpose | Exposure |
|---|---|---|---|
| 61015 | UDP | Discovery v5 | Public |
| 61016 | TCP | libp2p Communication | Public |
| 20012 | TCP | JSON RPC over HTTP | Public |
| 20013 | TCP | JSON RPC over Websocket | Public |
| 20014 | TCP | Secure JSON RPC (JWT Auth) | Authenticated |
| 4000 | TCP | Blockchain Explorer | Public |
| 6060 | TCP | Metrics & Profiling (pprof) | Private |
N42 is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0.