DeFi for Crypto.
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Reference implementation of Kava, a blockchain for cross-chain DeFi. Built using the [cosmos-sdk](https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk).
## Mainnet
Note, the current recommended version of the software for mainnet is v0.8.1. The master branch of this repository often contains considerable development work since the last mainnet release and is __not__ runnable on mainnet.
### Installation
```sh
git checkout v0.8.1
make install
```
## Mainnet Upgrade
The scheduled mainnet upgrade to `kava-3` took place on June 10th, 2020 at 14:00 UTC. The version of Kava for `kava-3` is [__v0.8.1__](https://github.com/Kava-Labs/kava/releases/tag/v0.8.1).
Migration instructions can be found [here](https://github.com/Kava-Labs/kava/blob/master/contrib/kava-3/migration.md).
The canonical genesis file can be found [here](https://github.com/Kava-Labs/launch/tree/master/kava-3)
The canonical genesis file hash is
```
jq -S -c -M '' genesis.json | shasum -a 256
# f73628abfab82601c9af97a023d357a95507b9c630c5331564f48c4acab97b85
```
## Testnet
For further information on joining the lastest testnet, head over to the [testnet repo](https://github.com/Kava-Labs/kava-testnets).
## License
Copyright © Kava Labs, Inc. All rights reserved.
Licensed under the [Apache v2 License](LICENSE.md).