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Polkadot SDK's Minimal Template

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This is a minimal template for creating a blockchain based on Polkadot SDK.

This template is automatically updated after releases in the main Polkadot SDK monorepo.

  • 🤏 This template is a minimal (in terms of complexity and the number of components) template for building a blockchain node.

  • 🔧 Its runtime is configured with a single custom pallet as a starting point, and a handful of ready-made pallets such as a Balances pallet.

  • 👤 The template has no consensus configured - it is best for experimenting with a single node network.

Template Structure

A Polkadot SDK based project such as this one consists of:

  • 💿 a Node - the binary application.
  • 🧮 the Runtime - the core logic of the blockchain.
  • 🎨 the Pallets - from which the runtime is constructed.

Getting Started

  • 🦀 The template is using the Rust language.

  • 👉 Check the Rust installation instructions for your system.

  • 🛠️ Depending on your operating system and Rust version, there might be additional packages required to compile this template - please take note of the Rust compiler output.

Build

🔨 Use the following command to build the node without launching it:

cargo build --release

🐳 Alternatively, build the docker image:

docker build . -t polkadot-sdk-minimal-template

Single-Node Development Chain

👤 The following command starts a single-node development chain:

./target/release/minimal-template-node --dev

# docker version:
docker run --rm polkadot-sdk-minimal-template --dev

Development chains:

  • 🧹 Do not persist the state.
  • 💰 Are pre-configured with a genesis state that includes several pre-funded development accounts.
  • 🧑‍⚖️ One development account (ALICE) is used as sudo accounts.

Connect with the Polkadot-JS Apps Front-End

  • 🌐 You can interact with your local node using the hosted version of the Polkadot/Substrate Portal.

  • 🪐 A hosted version is also available on IPFS.

  • 🧑‍🔧 You can also find the source code and instructions for hosting your own instance in the polkadot-js/apps repository.

Contributing

Getting Help