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# Lotus
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Lotus is an implementation of the **Filecoin Distributed Storage Network**. You
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can run the Lotus software client to join the **Filecoin Testnet** (when it
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launches).
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For more details about Filecoin, check out the
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[Filecoin Spec](https://github.com/filecoin-project/specs).
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## What can I learn here?
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- How to install Lotus on
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[Arch Linux](https://docs.lotu.sh/en+install-lotus-arch),
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[Ubuntu](https://docs.lotu.sh/en+install-lotus-ubuntu), or
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[MacOS](https://docs.lotu.sh/en+install-lotus-macos).
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- Joining the [Lotus Testnet](https://docs.lotu.sh/en+join-testnet).
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- [Storing](https://docs.lotu.sh/en+storing-data) or
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[retrieving](https://docs.lotu.sh/en+retrieving-data) data.
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- Mining Filecoin using the **Lotus Storage Miner** in your
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[CLI](https://docs.lotu.sh/en+mining).
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## What makes Lotus different?
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Lotus is architected modularly to keep clean API boundaries while using the same
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process. Installing Lotus will include two separate programs:
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- The **Lotus Node**
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- The **Lotus Storage Miner**
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The **Lotus Storage Miner** is intended to be run on the machine that manages a
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single storage miner instance, and is meant to communicate with the **Lotus
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Node** via the websocket **JSON-RPC** API for all of the chain interaction
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needs.
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This way, a mining operation may easily run a **Lotus Storage Miner** or many of
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them, connected to one or many **Lotus Node** instances.
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