Lotus is an implementation of the Filecoin Distributed Storage Network. For more details about Filecoin, check out the Filecoin Spec.
For instructions on how to build, install and setup lotus, please visit https://docs.filecoin.io/get-started/lotus.
Please send an email to security@filecoin.org. See our security policy for more details.
These repos are independent and reusable modules, but are tightly integrated into Lotus to make up a fully featured Filecoin implementation:
- go-fil-markets which has its own kanban work tracker available here
- specs-actors which has its own kanban work tracker available here
Lotus is a universally open project and welcomes contributions of all kinds: code, docs, and more. However, before making a contribution, we ask you to heed these recommendations:
- If the proposal entails a protocol change, please first submit a Filecoin Improvement Proposal.
- If the change is complex and requires prior discussion, open an issue or a discussion to request feedback before you start working on a pull request. This is to avoid disappointment and sunk costs, in case the change is not actually needed or accepted.
- Please refrain from submitting PRs to adapt existing code to subjective preferences.
When implementing a change:
- Adhere to the standard Go formatting guidelines, e.g. Effective Go. Run
go fmt
and - Comments: follow the advice on the Commentary section of Effective Go.
- Minimize code churn. Only modify what is strictly necessary to get a quicker response from maintainers.
- Lint your code with
golangci-lint
(CI will reject your PR if unlinted). - Add tests.
- Title the PR in a meaningful way and describe the rationale and the thought process in the PR description.
- Write clean, thoughtful, and detailed commit messages. This is even more important than the PR description, because commit messages are stored inside the Git history. One good rule is: if you are happy posting the commit message as the PR description, then it's a good commit message.
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