Nucleus

Nucleus Node Implementation & Protocol

What is Nucleus?

The Nucleus interoperability layer is a cutting-edge Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) solution developed by Komodo. The AtomicDEX integration facilitates seamless cross-protocol atomic swaps and other XCAT (cross-chain atomic transaction) operations between Cosmos (tendermint) assets and non-tendermint assets, such as UTXO blockchains like Bitcoin, Litecoin, DGB, Doge, as well as EVM-compatible ledgers including Ethereum, Polygon, BNB Smart Chain, and numerous others. With Nucleus, DeFi-developers as well as endusers can enjoy a remarkable level of interoperability between diverse blockchain protocols/ecosystems, while benefiting from the security and reliability of Komodo's advanced technology stack.

Getting Started

Build Dependencies

In order to build nucleus successfuly, you will need golang(+1.16), gnu make and gcc to be installed on your system.

Installation

• Build source code:

  git clone https://github.com/KomodoPlatform/nucleus
  cd nucleus
  make clean install

Configuration

Check init.py bootstrapping script and update/add any configuration you want. You can also manually utilize everything under ~/.nucleusd directory.

Usage

• First, initialize ~/.nucleus (make sure nucleusd is installed befoer executing this)

  python3 init.py
  # or for linux and macos users
  ./init.py

• Simple kickstart

  nucleusd start

• You can also configure systemd service for nucleusd with the following configuration:

  [Unit]
  Description=Nucleus Deamon
  After=network-online.target
  
  [Service]
  Environment="HOME=${path_to_home}"
  ExecStart=${path_to_nucleusd_dir}/nucleusd start
  Restart=always
  RestartSec=3
  LimitNOFILE=4096
  
  [Install]
  WantedBy=multi-user.target