cosmos-sdk/docs/sdk

Cosmos SDK Documentation

NOTE: This documentation is a work-in-progress!

• Overview
  • Overview - An overview of the Cosmos-SDK
  • The Object-Capability Model - Security by least-privilege
  • Application Architecture - Layers in the application architecture
• Install - Install the library and example applications
• Core
  • BaseApp - BaseApp is the base layer of the application
  • The MultiStore - MultiStore is a rich Merkle database
  • Messages - Messages contain the content of a transaction
  • Handlers - Handlers are the workhorse of the app!
  • Amino - Amino is the primary serialization library used in the SDK
  • Accounts - Accounts are the prototypical object kept in the store
  • Transactions - Transactions wrap messages and provide authentication
  • Keepers - Keepers are the interfaces between handlers
• Modules
  • Bank
  • Staking
  • Slashing
  • Provisions
  • Governance
  • IBC
• Clients
  • Running a Node
  • Key Management - Managing user keys
  • CLI - Queries and transactions via command line
  • Light Client Daemon - Queries and transactions via REST API