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XELIS

XELIS is an open-source Rust blockchain implementing a private BlockDAG with Homomorphic Encryption, Egalitarian Proof of Work, Kalman Filter difficulty adjustment and sandboxed smart contracts.

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Understand the project

Practical overview

When it fits

Use XELIS when the project requires a programmable blockchain with encrypted balances and transfer amounts, BlockDAG-based ordering, proof-of-work mining or a local development network.

Who it is for

  • Blockchain developers building privacy-preserving transactions, assets or applications.
  • Researchers examining BlockDAG ordering, mining and difficulty-adjustment mechanisms.
  • Operators building XELIS daemon, miner or wallet components from source.

Documented uses

  • Build the XELIS daemon, miner or wallet from Rust source.
  • Experiment with a local devnet or use the listed mainnet and testnet network modes.
  • Develop encrypted transactions and privacy-preserving assets.
  • Deploy smart-contract programs in the xelis-vm sandbox.
  • Study or operate mining infrastructure using Egalitarian Proof of Work.
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

The repository is public and uses the BSD-3-Clause license. The project lists Linux, Windows and macOS support and provides mainnet, testnet and peerless local devnet modes.

  • Rust, clang and cmake are required for the documented source build.
  • Smart contracts execute in the project's sandboxed xelis-vm environment.
  • Devnet is intended for local development and has no peers.
  • Mining uses Egalitarian Proof of Work designed for CPU or GPU participation.
  • Default daemon, P2P and wallet ports are documented as 8080, 2125 and 8081 respectively.

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 XELIS binary from source

Compile the XELIS daemon, miner or wallet from the repository.

Before you start

  • A working stable Rust toolchain
  • clang and cmake packages
  • A Linux, Windows or macOS environment, as listed by the project

Steps

  1. Choose the xelis_daemon, xelis_miner or xelis_wallet subproject.

  2. Run the documented release build command: cargo build --release.

  3. Alternatively, build a selected workspace binary with the documented --bin option, or use the Docker build with the app build argument.

Expected outcome

A release build of the selected XELIS component is produced according to the repository's build instructions.

Guide limitations

  • The documented build procedure does not by itself describe network operation, deployment or application execution.
  • The Docker instruction requires choosing which project to build through the app argument.
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2 October 2026
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