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