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[](https://travis-ci.org/lbryio/lbry)
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[](https://coveralls.io/github/lbryio/lbry)
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# LBRY
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LBRY is a fully decentralized, open-source protocol facilitating the
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discovery, access, and (sometimes) purchase of data.
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This repo is a reference implementation of the LBRY protocol and
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provides daemon that can interact with the network via a json-rpc
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interface.
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## Installing the LBRY App
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The LBRY App is a decentralized content marketplace built on top of
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the LBRY protocol. We provide binaries for Windows, macOS, and
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Debian-based Linux.
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| Windows | macOS | Linux |
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| [Download](https://lbry.io/get/lbry.msi) | [Download](https://lbry.io/get/lbry.dmg) | [Download](https://lbry.io/get/lbry.deb) |
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Our [releases page](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-app/releases/latest) also contains the latest release, pre-releases, and past builds.
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## Using the LBRY daemon
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See our quickstart guide at http://lbry.io/quickstart for details on how to install and use the `lbrynet-daemon`.
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## What is LBRY?
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LBRY is a fully decentralized network for distributing data. It consists of peers uploading
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and downloading data from other peers, possibly in exchange for payments, and a distributed hash
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table, used by peers to discover other peers.
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On LBRY, data is broken into chunks, and each chunk is content
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addressable, specified by its sha384 hash sum. This guarantees that
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peers can verify the correctness of each chunk without having to know
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anything about its contents, and can confidently re-transmit the chunk
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to other peers. Peers wishing to transmit chunks to other peers
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announce to the distributed hash table that they are associated with
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the sha384 hash sum in question. When a peer wants to download that
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chunk from the network, it asks the distributed hash table which peers
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are associated with that sha384 hash sum. The distributed hash table
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can also be used more generally. It simply stores IP addresses and
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ports which are associated with 384-bit numbers, and can be used by
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any type of application to help peers find each other. For example, an
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application for which clients don't know all of the necessary chunks
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may use some identifier, chosen by the application, to find clients
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which do know all of the necessary chunks.
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## Contributions
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To contribute, [join us on Slack](https://lbry-slackin.herokuapp.com/) or contact jeremy@lbry.io. Pull requests are also welcome.
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## Support
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Please open an issue and describe your situation in detail. We will respond as soon as we can.
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For private issues, contact jeremy@lbry.io.
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## License
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See [LICENSE](LICENSE)
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