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Substrate is powered by best-in-class cryptographic research and comes with peer-to-peer networking, consensus mechanisms, and much more.

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Substrate developer knowledge base

Documentation

Discover the principles and design decisions that Substrate is built on. Read about its key features and capabilties as well as the specific skills needed to be an effective Substrate blockchain developer.

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Reference

The Substrate reference section has everything you need to produce robust Substrate based blockchains. From beginner to expert, you can use this information with flexibly to suit your current needs.

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Tutorials

Create your first Substrate chain, perform a forkless upgrade, and more. This selection of tutorials will lead you through the process in sessions of up to two hours.

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Playground

Set up a cloud sandbox

Building with Substrate requires different pieces of technology. We recommend picking a sandbox if you're just getting started and want to try things out. Or if you're hosting Substrate developer workshops or following tutorials, using a sandbox environment allows you to skip the preliminary set-up to the parts most important to you.

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Network, share and learn from others who speak your (tech) language! Discover the various open communication channels where you can engage, participate and keep up with the latest developments.