The Tari Base Layer
The Tari Base Layer network comprises the following major pieces of software:
- Base Layer full node implementation. The base layer full nodes are the consensus-critical pieces of software for the Tari base layer and cryptocurrency. The base nodes validate and transmit transactions and blocks, and maintain consensus about the longest valid proof-of-work blockchain.
- Peer-to-peer communications network. All blockchain systems need a messaging mechanism. The Tari project has built its own peer-to-peer, end-to-end encrypted, DHT-based communications platform. It utilises the Noise protocol and Tor to be highly secure and anonymous. Devices behind NATs and firewalls can use Tari’s communication tools with ease.
- Mining software. Miners perform proof-of-work to secure the base layer and compete to submit the
next valid block into the Tari blockchain. Tari uses a hybrid of four Proof of Work (PoW) algorithms:
merge-mined Monero RandomX (
RandomXM), the native SHA3x algorithm, solo Tari RandomX (RandomXT), and Cuckaroo-29 (C29). Each algorithm has an independent difficulty, and the four combined target an average block interval of 120 seconds. The Tari source provides these miners for Tari:- A standalone miner (
minotari_miner) capable of SHA3x and RandomXT mining - A merge-mining proxy (
minotari_merge_mining_proxy) to be used with XMRig to merge mine Tari with Monero
- A standalone miner (
- Wallet software. Client software and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) offering means to construct transactions, query nodes for information and maintain personal private keys. The reference design includes a wallet library, a C FFI interface, gRPC client and server code, a multi-platform console text-based wallet, and Aurora, the mobile wallet.
The RFCs in this section go into great describing how the various components work, and how they fit together to provide the backbone of the Tari ecosystem.