diva.exchange

Distributed value exchange upholding security, reliability and privacy.

Diva is an application (free software, AGPLv3). It enables everyone to manage and trade digital values (like crypto currencies). Every installation of diva (like on your laptop) is your personal and private bank and exchange. There is no dependency to any cloud or other central service. Diva includes all necessary services locally. Therefore a complete diva installation consists of several parts:

• an instance of the "Hyperledger/Iroha" Blockchain
• the private and secure communication network "I2P" (aka "darknet")
• the diva application

There are two flavours of diva available: a light version (without blockchain instance) and a full version (everything).

About

This is a research project driven by a small community of researchers which are highly motivated by exploring and understanding the unknown. Respect the AGPLv3 license terms!

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How to get in touch

You can get in touch using the features on this platform, via Issues or Pull Requests, or you can use one of those channels:

• Web: https://diva.exchange
• Mastodon (like Twitter, just smarter): https://social.diva.exchange
• Telegram: https://t.me/diva_exchange_chat_de

Please contact us in English or German.

Beware of Dragons

This project is unstable and highly experimental. Feedback and pull requests are always welcome!

Get Started - Local Installation

To get diva up and running, achieve this:

1. Fetch the code from the repository
2. Start the Docker containers

Please read on to get that done!

Currently diva uses Docker. Docker is just a "Container Framework" helping you to install "something else" on your existing system (like your laptop) without interfering with your existing environment. Docker works on Linux, MacOS and Windows.

Get a short overview of Docker here: https://docs.docker.com/get-started/. Just read the short introduction to get the point (first two paragraphs).

How to Install Docker and Docker Compose

Install Docker and Docker Compose before you install diva.

Windows

Docker: https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-windows/install/

Docker Compose: https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/

MacOS

Docker: https://docs.docker.com/docker-for-mac/install/

Docker Compose: https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/

Linux

Usually just something like: sudo apt-get install docker.io More details, Ubuntu flavours: https://docs.docker.com/install/linux/docker-ce/ubuntu/

Docker Compose: https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/

How to Install diva

Have you installed Docker? If not, please do so first (see above).

Now get the diva repository via clone or download:

• clone the diva repository: git clone https://codeberg.org/diva.exchange/diva.git ~/diva.exchange/diva

or

• download and unpack the code repository to your local device.

  We assume that you store the downloaded repository within your User folder, which is usually located here:

  • Windows: C:\Users\YourUsername\
  • MacOS: /Users/YourUsername/
  • Linux/Ubuntu flavour: /home/YourUsername/

  We assume as well, that you create a folder called "diva.exchange" within your User folder where you unpack the DIVA repository.

Then, from the project folder and using your terminal:

1. Install the project by running: ./bin/install.sh. During the installation process, you will be asked for for the password of the privileged user, since sudo gets used to access docker.
2. Then start it by running: ./bin/start.sh. During the start-up process, you will be asked for for the password of the privileged user, since sudo gets used to access docker.

Test it, as privileged user: docker ps -a should show a running i2pd container, three iroha containers (that's the so called DIVA testnet) and a iroha-node container, like this:

diva $ sudo docker ps
IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
divax/iroha-node:latest "/entrypoint.sh" 21 seconds ago Up 19 seconds iroha-node
divax/iroha:latest "/entrypoint.sh" 21 seconds ago Up 21 seconds 127.19.3.1:10032->5432/tcp, 127.19.3.1:10011->10001/tcp, 127.19.3.1:10051->50051/tcp iroha3
divax/iroha:latest "/entrypoint.sh" 22 seconds ago Up 21 seconds 127.19.2.1:10032->5432/tcp, 127.19.2.1:10011->10001/tcp, 127.19.2.1:10051->50051/tcp iroha2
divax/iroha:latest "/entrypoint.sh" 23 seconds ago Up 22 seconds 127.19.1.1:10032->5432/tcp, 127.19.1.1:10011->10001/tcp, 127.19.1.1:10051->50051/tcp iroha1
divax/i2p:latest "/home/i2pd/entrypoi..." 24 seconds ago Up 23 seconds 0.0.0.0:4444-4445->4444-4445/tcp, 0.0.0.0:7070->7070/tcp i2pd

DIVA is available locally: running on on http://localhost:3911. Open in up in a browser and create your local account. Remember: using this setup, nothing related to DIVA will ever leave your local box.

Also, test I2PD it with your browser: http://localhost:7070 - you should see the I2Pd webconsole. I2P is up and running.

⚠️ Please note: your using a development branch. There might be dragons.

How to Stop and Remove DIVA

To stop and remove DIVA from your local box:

./bin/stop.sh

How to Build the Docker Images

Windows

tbd.

Linux and MacOS

tbd.

First Glance at I2P

Use the i2pd web-console to explore the i2pd router running within the docker container i2pd. To access the webconsole, open your browser and navigate to http://localhost:7070.

I2P needs some time to get properly integrated in the network. Please be patient for at least 3 minutes.

To access the I2P network just set the HTTP proxy of your favourite browser (Firefox, see: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/connection-settings-firefox) to localhost:4444. Depending on your browser your mileage may vary.

After changing the HTTP proxy, your chosen browser will be connected to the I2P network and you can navigate to http://diva.i2p or any other I2P site of your choice.

Interesting blog post: "Introduction to I2P", https://www.diva.exchange/en/privacy/introduction-to-i2p-your-own-internet-secure-private-and-free/

Contact the Developers

On DIVA.EXCHANGE you'll find various options to get in touch with the team.

Talk to us via Telegram https://t.me/diva_exchange_chat_de (English or German).

Donations

Your donation goes entirely to the project. Your donation makes the development of DIVA.EXCHANGE faster.

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