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   design.rst
   overview.rst
   install.rst
   tests.rst
   quickstart.rst
   join.rst
   fees.rst
   botcoin_api.rst
   poa_overview.rst
   poa_smartcontract.rst
   botcoin_systemd.rst
   botcoin_configuration.rst
   botcoin_commands.rst
   giverny.rst
   giverny_examples.rst
   licence.rst
   faq.rst

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The BOTCoin
===================

BOTCoin uses peer-to-peer network system technology at the bottom layer, allowing intelligent robots to become autonomous nodes in the decentralized network. It also integrates BVM to implement hardware-level smart contract programming, allowing the robot's own data and programs to be executed safely and reliably. Based on the Hashgraph consensus algorithm, It is a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) .

The BOTCoin Network based on `BVM
<https://github.com/BOTCoinNetwork/BVM>`__ and `Babble consensus
<https://github.com/BOTCoinNetwork/babble>`__.

but is licensed under the `MIT license
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License>`__ and available for use in other
projects. You can read more about BOTCoin in the `Whitepaper
<https://botcoin.network/BOTCoin_en.pdf>`__ and `BOTCoin Hub
<https://botcoin.network>`__.


Quick Start
-----------

For the impatient, we recommend you start here:

- :ref:`Installation Documents<install_rst>`
- :ref:`Quick Start<quickstart_rst>`