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# Nimbus: an Ethereum 2.0 Sharding Client for Resource-Restricted Devices
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[](https://travis-ci.org/status-im/nimbus)
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[](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/nimbus/nimbus)
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[](https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0)
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[](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
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Join the Status community chats:
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[](https://gitter.im/status-im/nimbus)
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[](https://chat.status.im/#/room/#nimbus:status.im)
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[](https://chat.status.im/#/room/#dev-status:status.im)
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## Rationale
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[Nimbus: an Ethereum 2.0 Sharding Client](https://github.com/status-im/nimbus/blob/master/doc/Nimbus%20-%20An%20Ethereum%202.0%20Sharding%20Client_xt.md)
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## Building & Testing
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### Prerequisites
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* A recent version of Nim
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* We use the version in the [Status fork](https://github.com/status-im/Nim)
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* Follow the Nim installation instructions or use [choosenim](https://github.com/dom96/choosenim) to manage your Nim versions
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* A recent version of Facebook's [RocksDB](https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/)
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* Compile [from source](https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/blob/master/INSTALL.md) or use the package manager of your OS; for example, [Debian](https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=librocksdb-dev&searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all§ion=all), [Ubuntu](https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=librocksdb-dev&searchon=names&exact=1&suite=all§ion=all), and [Fedora](https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/rocksdb) have working RocksDB packages
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#### Obtaining the prerequisites through the Nix package manager
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Users of the [Nix package manager](https://nixos.org/nix/download.html) can install all prerequisites simply by running:
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``` bash
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nix-shell nimbus.nix
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```
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### Build & Install
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We use [Nimble](https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble) to manage dependencies and run tests.
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To build and install Nimbus in your home folder, just execute:
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```bash
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nimble install
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```
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After a succesful installation, running `nimbus --help` will provide you with a list of
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the available command-line options. To start syncing with mainnet, just execute `nimbus`
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without any parameters.
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To execute all tests:
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```bash
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nimble test
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```
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Our Wiki provides additional helpful information for [debugging individual test cases][1]
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and for [pairing Nimbus with a locally running copy of Geth][2].
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[1]: https://github.com/status-im/nimbus/wiki/Understanding-and-debugging-Nimbus-EVM-JSON-tests
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[2]: https://github.com/status-im/nimbus/wiki/Debugging-state-reconstruction
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#### Troubleshooting
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Sometimes, the build will fail even though the latest CI is green - here are a few tips to handle this:
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* Wrong Nim version
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* We depend on many bleeding-edge features - Nim regressions often happen
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* Use the [Status fork](https://github.com/status-im/Nim) of Nim
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* Wrong versions of dependencies
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* nimble dependency tracking often breaks due to its global registry
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* wipe the nimble folder and try again
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* C compile or link fails
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* Nim compile cache is pretty buggy and sometimes will fail to recompile
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* wipe your nimcache folder
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## License
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Licensed under both of the following:
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* Apache License, Version 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE) or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
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* MIT license: [LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
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