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Mintlayer Core

Mintlayer Core is an open-source Rust software repository for operating a Mintlayer blockchain node. It includes a command-line node daemon, graphical node interface, wallet command-line and RPC tools, and API server components for applications.

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Practical overview

When it fits

Use Mintlayer Core when you need to operate a Mintlayer node, choose among its bundled wallet workflows, or run its API server components for an application.

Who it is for

  • Operators running a Mintlayer mainnet or testnet node.
  • Users managing coins and assets through the included wallet tools.
  • Developers running a node with API server components for application use.
  • Developers interested in building or contributing to the Rust codebase.

Documented uses

  • Run a node that manages blockchain blocks and peer-to-peer communication.
  • Manage coins and wallet files using the command-line wallet alongside a node.
  • Use a GUI that combines node and wallet functions, including staking and delegation.
  • Run a wallet RPC service and communicate with it using the wallet CLI.
  • Run node and API server components for application use without a wallet.
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

The README says mainnet and testnet nodes can be run using pre-built binaries from the Mintlayer website or by compiling the source. The repository is public and MIT-licensed.

  • The project offers distinct command-line, GUI, wallet RPC and API-server components; select the arrangement that matches the operational task.
  • The README describes node-gui as a simpler option but notes that it is almost always behind other tools in development.
  • Source builds require Rust; Debian or Ubuntu Linux builds additionally require build-essential.
  • The repository is Rust-based and MIT-licensed.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Build a Mintlayer Core executable from source

Prepare the documented Rust and Linux build prerequisites and build a release executable.

Before you start

  • Rust compiler and Cargo installed.
  • On Debian or Ubuntu Linux, install build-essential.

Steps

  1. Install Rust and relaunch the terminal.

  2. Check that Rust is available by running cargo --version.

  3. On Debian or Ubuntu Linux, install build-essential.

  4. From the source code, build a release executable with cargo build --release --bin ; the executable is placed in target/release.

Expected outcome

A release executable for the selected Mintlayer Core program is built in target/release.

Guide limitations

  • The README notes that compilation can fail when dependencies are missing.
  • The documented Linux dependency command is specific to Debian and Ubuntu; other distributions require their equivalent dependencies.
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10 October 2026
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