## Golem Official Rust implementation of Golem. Golem is a network of nodes that implement the Golem Network protocol. We provide the default implementation of such a node in the form of the Golem daemon, Yagna.

A flexible, open-source platform for democratised access to digital resources.

Golem Network has officially gone on Ethereum Mainnet with the [Beta I release](https://blog.golemproject.net/mainnet-release-beta-i/) in March 2021. Golem democratizes society’s access to computing power by creating a decentralized platform where anyone can build a variety of applications, request computational resources and/or offer their idle systems in exchange for cryptocurrency tokens (GLM). The actors in this decentralized network can assume one of the three non-exclusive roles: * **Requestor** Has a need to use IT resources such as computation hardware. Those resources are purchased in the decentralized market. The actual usage of the resources is backed by Golem's decentralized infrastructure. * **Provider** Has IT resources available that can be shared with other actors in the network. Those resources are sold in the decentralized market. * **Developer** Builds applications to run for requestors on the network. Golem's potential goes much beyond a singular application. See [Awesome Golem](https://github.com/golemfactory/awesome-golem/blob/main/README.md#%EF%B8%8F-apps) for just a taste of the various types of applications that can be built and run on Golem! ## Documentation For a more in-depth look at how Golem works, head over to our [documentation.](https://docs.golem.network/) ## Project Layout * [agent/provider](agent/provider) - provider agent implementation based on core services. * [core](core) - core services for the open computation marketplace. * [exe-unit](exe-unit) - ExeUnit Supervisor - a common part of all [runtimes](#runtimes) for yagna. * [test-utils](test-utils) - some helpers for testing purposes * [utils](utils) - trash bin for all other stuff ;) * [docs](docs) - project documentation including analysis and specifications. ## Public API The public API rust binding with data model is in the [ya-client](https://github.com/golemfactory/ya-client) repo. ## High Level APIs The public high-level API for Python is in [yapapi](https://github.com/golemfactory/yapapi) repo and the JS/TS port is contained in the [@golem-sdk/golem-js](https://github.com/golemfactory/golem-js) repo. ## Runtimes We call our runtime **ExeUnit**. As for now we support * [Light VM](https://github.com/golemfactory/ya-runtime-vm) - [QEMU](https://www.qemu.org/)\-based ExeUnit. * and WASM in two flavours: * [wasmtime](https://github.com/golemfactory/ya-runtime-wasi) - [Wasmtime](https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasmtime)\-based ExeUnit. * [emscripten](https://github.com/golemfactory/ya-runtime-emscripten) - [SpiderMonkey](https://github.com/servo/rust-mozjs)\-based ExeUnit. Other ExeUnit types are to come (see below). ## Golem Beta Release(s) Important milestones for Golem development were [Beta I](https://github.com/golemfactory/yagna/releases/tag/v0.6.1) and most recent [Beta II](https://github.com/golemfactory/yagna/releases/tag/v0.7.0). With those releases we have delivered: * MVP (minimum viable product), though not feature rich yet, it is usable for early adopters * Clean and easy experience for new and existing users. * Support for GLM payments (both L1 & L2 on Ethereum Mainnet) * **Production-ready** and **easy to maintain** code base. * **Modular architecture** with all the building blocks being replaceable. * Small binaries (under 30Mb). * [Documentation and SDK](https://docs.golem.network/) for Golem app developers. ## List of implemented and planned functionality 1. Distributed computations * [x] **Batching** * [x] Services _(PoC stage)_ 1. Computational environment (aka ExeUnit) * [x] **Wasm computation** * [x] Light vm-s * [ ] Docker on Linux _(optional)_ * [x] SGX on Graphene _(PoC stage)_ 1. Payment platform * [x] **Payments with GLM** * [x] [**ERC20 token**](https://blog.golemproject.net/gnt-to-glm-migration/) * [x] **Layer 1 & [Layer 2](https://blog.golemproject.net/new-golem-alpha-iii-reveal/) transactions** * [ ] Payment matching _(optional)_ (Ability for the invoice issuer to match the payment with Debit Note(s)/Invoice(s)). 1. Transaction system * [x] **Pay as you go(lem)** ([see more](https://blog.golemproject.net/pay-as-you-use-golem-a-brief-but-effective-primer/)) * [x] **Pay per task** * [ ] Pay for dev _(optional)_ 1. Network * [ ] **P2P** (Hybrid P2P; in progress) * [ ] **Ability to work behind NAT** (Relays; in progress) 1. Verification * [ ] **Verification by redundancy** ([see also](https://blog.golemproject.net/gwasm-verification/)) * [x] **No verification** * [ ] Verification by humans _(optional)_ ## Road ahead We are actively working on improving Yagna and extending its functionality, check upcoming releases and other news on [our blog](https://blog.golem.network/).