Getting started¶
To start building a blockchain, sign up with one of our cloud platforms. The public PaaS is designed for the general public, while G-Cloud infrastructure is designed for government agencies. This documentation transparently applies to both platforms, the only difference being the onboarding processes and base API domains.
Public platform onboarding¶
You can access Credits public cloud blockchain beta platform at public.credits.works. You can signup directly via the platform API itself following PaaS API documentation.
G-Cloud platform onboarding¶
In order to sign-up for our G-Cloud offering, you will need to go through our onboarding process, including verifying your organisation as a qualified UK government agency.
How to interact with the system¶
Once you have registered with public API (or received API keys from us for GCloud)
you will need to create your first blockchain network and start developing with it.
You will be developing in Python using publicly accessible credits.common
library.
The public PaaS API is available at public.credits.works.
The G-Cloud PaaS API is available at gcloud.credits.works.
Further reading¶
- system architecture overview
- step by step custom blockchain creation guide
- very basics of Credits blockchain mechanics
- Transactions
- Interfaces
- PaaS API