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Mint

Mint is a Go-based, Tendermint application protocol and starter code for building blockchain-backed social communities that store JSON documents. Its repository describes an experimental alpha project and includes instructions for setting up validator and non-validating nodes.

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Practical overview

When it fits

Use Mint for learning and early experimentation with blockchain-backed social application data or validator setup, rather than production deployment.

Who it is for

  • Developers prototyping social applications that rely on blockchain data storage
  • Learners experimenting with Tendermint consensus and validator networks

Documented uses

  • Start a blockchain-backed social community using JSON-document storage boilerplate
  • Explore how a Tendermint-based application network and its validators are configured
  • Use a separate client project, Uphack, as a front end for the Mint blockchain
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Requirements & limits

  • The starter is written in Go and based on Tendermint BFT consensus.
  • The README describes MongoDB as the place where node state is maintained.
  • Validator setup requires an Ubuntu machine with at least 4 GB RAM and 30 GB disk, plus coordination to exchange network genesis information.
  • The README says production use would likely require an additional consensus arrangement such as proof of stake.

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

Prepare a Mint validator node

Set up the documented software and configuration for joining the experimental validator network.

Before you start

  • Ubuntu machine with at least 4 GB RAM and 30 GB disk space
  • Tendermint and MongoDB
  • Go and the dep dependency manager
  • Coordination with the Mint team through the contact process described in the README

Steps

  1. Email the project contact and wait for the team’s Telegram coordination channel.

  2. Install Tendermint and MongoDB on the Ubuntu machine.

  3. Clone the Mint repository into $GOPATH/src, install dep, run dep ensure, then run go install mint; set GOBIN if needed for the binary installation.

  4. Run tendermint init, share the generated public key through the team channel, and use the coordinated genesis file and peer settings described in the README.

Expected outcome

The documented validator setup reaches the point where Mint and Tendermint can be run together to participate in the experimental network.

Guide limitations

  • The README labels Mint alpha software and says not to use it in production.
  • The setup depends on coordination with the Mint team and other validators; the README says there is no incentive for block production.
  • The guide reflects the repository’s documented setup and is not a verification of current network operation.
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